Audit exposes lack of transparency in consultancy use - Government News: NSW Government agencies are failing to comply with procurement requirements when engaging consultants, audit finds.More than $1 billion in consultancy contracts was handed to just six firms over a period of five years, while a number of departments failed to obtain the relevant approval for contracts, a new audit has found.
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(NSW is Australia's most populous State, over 30% of national population, and thus the countries largest State user of public services)
