NSW inquiry urges government to ditch big four firms for ‘in-house’ consultancy by public service
by Catie McLeod and Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6N4HM)
Banning bureaucrats from taking related consulting jobs for six months post-public service among inquiry's 28 recommendations
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The New South Wales government has been urged to set up an in-house" consulting service and ban bureaucrats from taking on relevant consulting jobs for six months after they leave the public service.
A NSW parliamentary inquiry into the use of private consulting services by government made the recommendations after it found the former Coalition government was too reliant on consultants and paid for work normally designed for the public service when it was in power.
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