This Month
NSW transport bosses paid companies $300m for work they did not win
The NSW auditor-general has urged Treasury to rethink how it handles tenders and bidding costs.
- Samantha Hutchinson
November
Great Western disappointment: The towns dudded in infrastructure deal
Trucking boss Ron Finemore has been floored by the federal government’s decision to swing the axe on a major NSW road project.
- Samantha Hutchinson
June
Parts of Sydney slugged up to $2000 a year for tolls
A toll shake-up will mean drivers are charged on a trio of factors: a flag fall, distance travelled and destination.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Perrottet scoped Sydney CBD congestion charge
As Chris Minns reviews NSW toll road pricing, early briefings have revealed some of the options Dominic Perrottet looked at to speed up travel across Sydney.
- Samantha Hutchinson
April
Dismantling contentious rail corporation could take years: Mookhey
The NSW treasurer conceded the task of unpicking the transport entity could stretch into the next term of government, raising the prospect of another major change.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Edmund Tadros
Contractor pricing for NSW infrastructure ‘very excessive’, ICAC told
A former transport agency manager has testified in anti-corruption hearings that contractors were able to charge high prices on rail projects paid for by taxpayers.
- Jenny Wiggins
March
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Downer gave millions to firms with zero employees, inquiry told
The contracting firm enabled a former project manager to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits and kickbacks, NSW corruption investigators allege.
- Jenny Wiggins
Sydney train services resume with significant delays
Trains across Sydney’s entire network were stopped for an hour by a network-wide communication issue, with back-up systems being used in the interim.
- Campbell Kwan
February
NSW Labor declares ‘no reckless spending’ as it vows to scrap TAHE
The NSW shadow treasurer has vowed to bring a $40 billion swathe of public assets - including the state’s trains - back onto the state’s balance sheet.
- Samantha Hutchinson
January
NSW Labor to crack down on consultant use after transport debacle
Shadow treasurer Daniel Mookhey has promised to limit the way consultants are used by the state government if Labor wins the election.
- Edmund Tadros
September 2022
Bureaucrat sacked over Barilaro scandal to get $450,000 payout
NSW taxpayers will pay nearly $500,000 to a senior bureaucrat who has been sacked after appointing former deputy premier John Barilaro to a lucrative overseas trade job.
- Finbar O'Mallon
June 2022
Rail workers, teachers, nurses revolt in NSW walkouts
NSW transport disruptions are likely to get worse over the next two weeks as the state’s rail workers protest against overseas-built trains.
- Samantha Hutchinson
April 2022
KPMG ‘conflict’ shows agency’s lack of skill in hiring advisers
Conflicting advice to two NSW agencies on a multibillion-dollar rail asset agency shows state and federal governments may not have the skills required to hire and manage external advisers.
- Edmund Tadros
KPMG hosts parliamentary tormentor Daniel Mookhey
Like the Daniel of Jewish antiquity, Mookhey walked straight into the lion’s den. Or to KPMG’s swanky Barangaroo offices at least.
- Myriam Robin
NSW Parliament slams consultancy’s internal conflicts of interests
The highly critical report will add to the focus on the millions governments spend on consultants in the run-up to the federal election.
- Edmund Tadros and Tom Burton
March 2022
KPMG chief concedes TAHE errors as he defends consultancy’s work
The firm’s CEO has admitted errors were made when working for NSW Treasury and NSW Transport but has defended the quality, independence and integrity of the work.
- Edmund Tadros
February 2022
Sydney train disruption to continue as IR dispute blows up
Disruption is likely to continue for at least the next two days as the union and the NSW government failed to reach a resolution on Monday afternoon.
- David Marin-Guzman
KPMG boss denies allegations he ignored TAHE issues
Andrew Yates rejected claims he ignored concerns repeatedly raised by the firm’s ex-partner Brendan Lyon of conflicting work for two NSW government departments.
- Edmund Tadros
- Opinion
- Consulting
‘Still full of KPMG-shaped bullet holes in our backs’: ex-partner on TAHE
The controversy over the ‘murky, unethical’ treatment of NSW’s rail entity also took a huge personal toll on the consultant who wrote the critical report.
- Adele Ferguson
KPMG partner concedes TAHE ‘conflict’ in private email
Email correspondence from David Linke concedes that KPMG accounting advice to NSW Treasury was ‘difficult to reconcile’ with separate KPMG advice to Transport for NSW.
- Updated
- Edmund Tadros
