NSW will follow the federal government in setting up an in-house consulting unit to reduce spending on the major firms.
Already a subscriber?NSW will follow the federal government in setting up its own in-house unit to reduce reliance on external consultants and provide advice to government agencies.
The premier’s department will also develop a new policy to set guidelines on the types of work that must be performed in-house, further sidelining consulting firms that had taken on work traditionally performed by the public service. The big four firms earned more than $240 million from the NSW government in the five-year period to 2023.
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