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Billion-dollar NSW consultant spend lashed, cut pledged

The previous NSW government was too reliant on consulting firms and paid for work normally designed for the public service, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

AAP · May 29, 2024

If NSW’s coercive control ads work, more funding will be needed as victims come forward, advocates say

Awareness campaign ahead of law change features tagline ‘It’s not love, it’s coercive control. Know the signs of abuse’

The Guardian - AU · May 1, 2024

What ministers promised for the Hunter in public grilling

A new political force in the Hunter is getting results.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 11, 2024

Fast rail axed in $2.5bn budget cuts – as it happened

Go-it-alone approach to building network between Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong shelved entirely

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023

Consulting firm EY worked for gas giant Santos while advising NSW on gas policy

Exclusive: Consulting firm did not disclose Santos work before being paid to assist the government’s ‘future of gas statement’ that paved way for Narrabri gas development

The Guardian - AU · Aug 8, 2023

NSW Greens call for more transparency over settlement between PwC and ATO

Claim was not related to scandal involving misuse of confidential government tax plans, ATO says

The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2023

PwC scandal: PwC Australia reached confidential settlement with ATO months before tax scandal fallout revealed

Embattled consultancy would not divulge details of deal, which was struck two months before the federal government referred the matter to the AFP

The Guardian - AU · Jul 26, 2023

‘Slavish obsession’ with outsourcing and consultants has demoralised public sector: NSW union

Exclusive: A NSW parliamentary inquiry will examine how an operating model based on consultants left the public service ‘infantilised’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2023

How the Greens will pay for the clean energy transition

A NSW Transition Authority with an annual budget of $500million would be established to assist coal-dependent communities transform themselves if the Greens gain the balance of power in next month's state election.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 19, 2023

Greens pitch free public transport to NSW voters

The Greens are proposing to make public transport free, allow pets on buses, trains and ferries and roll back privatisation in the party's pitch to NSW voters.

AAP · Feb 2, 2023