Agency overseeing $368bn Aukus deal in morale crisis paid consultancy $9.5m for management advice

Exclusive: Australian Submarine Agency's ten-month contract with McKinsey says it'll deliver skills currently unavailable' within government department

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The agency overseeing Australia's $368bn Aukus purchase of nuclear-powered submarines which is facing a ruthless" government-ordered review is paying consultants McKinsey $9.5m for management advice.

Details published on the Austender website reveal the Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) has also paid for prestigious executive short courses at Harvard University, Oxford University's Said business school and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where education and training services were provided between 24 July and 30 September at a cost of $701,392.

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