Federal Government (Overall)
Federal GovernmentAustralian federal government aggregate data.
Outsourcing Vendors
4
Total Contracts
4
Work Performed In
In Plain English
- Federal Government (Overall) has 4 outsourcing vendor relationships recorded on AusTender.
- EY ($49M), $49M in 6 months (2024-25). Labor spending more than Morrison despite pledging cuts.
- Deloitte ($46M), $46M in 6 months (2024-25).
- KPMG ($11M), $10.7M in 6 months (2024-25).
- Scyne Advisory ($27M), $27M in 6 months. Company created after PwC offloaded its government business post-tax leak scandal.
Based on data from public sources at the dates reported. Figures may not reflect current headcount. See sources below for full attribution.
The Story
- 2025-26The federal government spent $76.5 million on 90 consulting contracts in the first two weeks of the new financial year, nearly 8% of the entire previous year's spend in just 14 days. [Senator Paterson]
- 2025Labor increased spending on consulting contracts every year of the last parliament, despite boasting about savings on consulting contracts and pledging to crack down after the PwC scandal. [Region Canberra]
- 2024-25In 6 months: $49M to EY, $46M to Deloitte, $10.7M to KPMG, $27M to Scyne Advisory (the company created after PwC offloaded its government business post-scandal). [Australian Greens]
- 2023Total federal and state government spending on consultants reached $20.8 billion per year, with $5 billion spent by the federal government alone. [Consultancy UK]
- 2023The PwC tax scandal broke: senior partners had been leaking confidential ATO tax policy to private clients. PwC was forced to sell its government advisory arm for $1. [Wikipedia]
All facts sourced from public reporting. No editorial commentary. Click source links to verify.
Consultancy Engagements
| Vendor | Type | Contract Value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EY | Consulting | $49M $49M in 6 months (2024-25). Labor spending more than Morrison despite pledging cuts. | Confirmed |
| Deloitte | Consulting | $46M $46M in 6 months (2024-25). | Confirmed |
| KPMG | Consulting | $11M $10.7M in 6 months (2024-25). | Confirmed |
| Scyne Advisory | Consulting | $27M $27M in 6 months. Company created after PwC offloaded its government business post-tax leak scandal. | Confirmed |
What Public Sources Say
All information below is sourced from publicly available documents and reporting. Excerpts are direct quotes. Click source links to verify.
“More than $49 million went to EY, $46 million to Deloitte, and $10.7 million to KPMG in the past six months.”
“More than $27 million went to Scyne Advisory, the company created after PwC Australia offloaded its government business to distance itself from its tax leaks scandal.”
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This list is not complete, and never will be
If a company isn't listed here, that doesn't mean it doesn't offshore. And every number is the lowest we can prove, so the real figures can often be higher.
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This list is not complete, and never will be
If a company isn't listed here, that doesn't mean it doesn't offshore. And every number is the lowest we can prove, so the real figures can often be higher.
This started as an ASX 200 project and mostly still is. It has widened as stories landed from outside that list, so it now also covers employers that aren't ASX-listed, like Canva, Allianz Australia, SS&C and Crown Resorts, along with government departments and agencies. Companies get added when something surfaces about them, not by working through a list in order.
Australian companies are under no obligation to disclose where their work is done, and there is no register of offshored jobs. Everything here comes from something that surfaced publicly: an annual report, a modern slavery statement, a news article, a union statement, a government contract, or a tip from someone who was there.
So an absence usually means nobody has reported on that company and we haven't got to it yet, not that it keeps its work onshore. Some of the biggest offshorers say nothing at all. And because each figure counts only what a source actually stated, the real numbers can often run higher, sometimes much higher.
Every figure links to the source it came from, so you can judge it yourself rather than take our word for it. If you know something that is missing or wrong, tell us. Corrections are published, not quietly buried.
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