The Victorian government has spent more than $670 million (US$451.7 million) on consultants over the past five years, paying a firm embroiled in a national tax scandal almost $80 million (US$54 million).
The state Auditor-General’s Office released the new collated figures as a federal Senate committee investigates the integrity of major consultancy firms after the leaking of confidential tax information shared with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
