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Farrierswier is trusted by leading businesses, governments, and institutions to deliver robust, objective advice and enduring solutions in the utility and infrastructure sectors. We specialise in solving challenging problems and developing practical solutions, often within very tight timeframes.

We offer a comprehensive range of services across various sectors, including regulatory reform and policy, strategic regulatory support, offering expert advice on economic regulation, project governance and management, and stakeholder engagement strategies. Our policy development expertise spans energy and utility sectors, providing guidance on policy implementation and advocacy. We specialise in modelling complex quantitative tools for regulatory and economic analysis, ensuring accuracy and best practices.

Additionally, Farrierswier helps develop risk mitigation strategies for regulatory, strategic and policy initiatives. We excel in regulated rate of return strategies, customer engagement programs, project governance, and large group facilitation. Our services also extend to advice on instrument drafting and we provide independent input to strategic planning activities for government policy, regulatory bodies and commercial organisations.

We often work alongside our clients’ staff to provide targeted mentoring and up-skilling in relation to sector policy and regulation.

Farrierswier integrates deep sector knowledge with practical solutions to address diverse regulatory and policy challenges effectively.

Terra Schwartz specialises in delivering tailored solutions for Commonwealth entities in key areas such as government procurement, probity, contract management, project management, and tender evaluation. Our services are designed to enhance efficiency, transparency, and compliance across all procurement activities.

In government procurement, we provide comprehensive support throughout the procurement lifecycle, from needs assessment to contract award. Our expertise ensures that procurement processes are efficient, competitive, and compliant with all relevant regulations.

Our probity services focus on maintaining integrity and fairness in procurement activities. We conduct thorough probity audits and provide advisory services to safeguard against conflicts of interest and ensure transparent decision-making.

In contract management, we offer robust frameworks to manage contracts effectively, ensuring that deliverables are met on time and within budget. Our services include contract administration, performance monitoring, and dispute resolution.

We excel in project management, providing end-to-end management of projects to ensure successful delivery. Our experienced team uses best practice methodologies to manage scope, time, cost, and quality.

For tender evaluation, Terra Schwartz provides expert evaluation services to ensure the best value for money. We design and implement evaluation frameworks that are fair, transparent, and objective.

Praxis Consultants Pty Ltd (Praxis) is a micro-enterprise that provides high quality design, monitoring and evaluation services for non-government, government and international organisations.

At 1 and One Consulting, we pride ourselves on delivering tailored solutions that empower Australia’s public sectors. As a trusted independent Australian firm headquartered in Canberra, with offices and staff across Australia, including Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney, we are committed to keeping our expertise and profits within Australia to enhance national growth and prosperity.

Our services cover governance and assurance, change management, program delivery and evaluation, grants design and delivery, risk analysis and management, business operations, IT solutions, and policy and regulation development.

We deliver end-to-end solutions, from strategic advisory to operational execution and tactical delivery, ensuring holistic support tailored to their unique needs.

We have successfully collaborated with some of Australia’s largest government departments, establishing ourselves as experts in the field. Our dedicated team combines deep industry knowledge with innovative approaches to drive results that matter. Our focus is on delivering actionable outcomes and tangible benefits, not just reports.

By choosing 1 and One, you gain a partner dedicated to excellence, integrity, and results. We are passionate about making a positive impact and delivering value to Australian government agencies. Working together with the public service, we partner with our clients to navigate complexities, optimise operations, and achieve outstanding results.

Holan Group is an Australian owned professional services and legal firm based in Canberra. We provide services to federal government, and the private and not for profit sectors. Our organisation has grown rapidly since its inception, with staff located in Canberra and Sydney, and an operational footprint extending to Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand and Japan.

Our Experience

We provide professional and consulting services across all phases of the business lifecycle, transitioning fluidly from initial scoping and framing phases, through to governance and assurance. We possess significant security capabilities including a security accredited facility within the Canberra parliamentary triangle and the ability to sponsor AGSVA Security Clearances.

Our service offerings include:

• Business Improvement: Empower organisations to achieve operational excellence and transformation.
• Project & Program Management: Tailored solutions to help plan, foresee, coordinate, and manage projects every step of the way. 
• Workforce Optimisation: Enhance workforce capability through contemporary people-centric strategies, policies and programs. 
• Learning & Development: Build a high-performance workforce through customised development programs that drive lasting behaviour change.
• Commercial: Ensure value for money across engagements through commercial management, advisory, financial management, and specialised support.
• Legal services: Enhancing policy design and implementation through sound understanding of regulatory frameworks and legislation.
   

Digital. Thought. Leadership.

MXA is an independent strategy and innovation consultancy focused on strategic issues that are influenced by technology, digital and data.

We focus on providing consulting services to senior leaders on the following four key areas:

1. Strategy: including Digital & Tech Strategy & Transformation, Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise and Solution Architecture
2. Projects: including Business Case Development, Implementation Planning, Project Advisory
3. Design: including New Products and Services, Customer Experience and Service Design
4. Operations: Operating Models, ESG Advisory, Digital Talent & Culture

Four things make MXA different:

1. We understand the challenges of Government, having built a strong track record over the past twelve years. We are committed to delivering successful outcomes and driving your capability development.
2. We are outcomes-based, preferring to work on a fixed-price basis, because you pay for the experience of working with us and the quality of our work, not the time we spend.
3. We are independent. We do not have any preferred products or partners, and do not write recommendations with our interest in mind.
4. We are experienced technology, digital and practitioners who have had successful careers and have over time moved into consulting.

Who we are
Taylor Fry is an SME providing actuarial, analytics, statistical and related policy advice.

Our government reach
We advise more than 30 Commonwealth and state government departments across social services, health and disability, education, First Nations, finance, climate, housing and homelessness, child protection, and veteran affairs. We have a deep understanding of critical social issues, authoring public reports including the Costs, benefits and frameworks review for NDIS.

Our expertise and experience
We offer actuarial advice, statistical modelling, financial modelling, forecasting, costing, risk management, strategic advice, feasibility studies, program evaluation, performance rating, pricing, data analytics and fraud analysis.

One area of expertise is using complex linked data to understand long-term pathways and the impact of early intervention, such as our lifecourse microsimulation work for NSW, building the Forecasting Future Outcomes Model.

The trust we earn
We help our clients make evidence-based decisions to:

• Solve complex public policy issues
• Identify, measure and manage risk
• Evaluate policy impact
• Understand people’s service needs
• Influence sound funding choices.

Why us
Taylor Fry’s reputation for innovative technical approaches, a collaborative style, embedding knowledge transfer and ethical corporate oversight lead to improved outcomes and tangible client benefits.

Deloitte is a global professional services firm that is distinct in its ability to help clients solve their most complex problems. For over 25 years, we have successfully partnered with the Australian Government to be part of the team that enables a world class public service, putting citizens at the heart of service delivery, providing a broad range of Advisory, Consulting & Digital services to help our clients plan, fund, execute and run their mission critical initiatives. Our services include, among many others, Customer and Back-Office Transformation, Financial Advisory, Strategy & Operating Model design, Cybersecurity and Risk Services, Human Capital Management, Cloud Modernisation,  Data & Analytics, Systems Implementation, and Managed Services.

Biointelect is a premier life-science accelerator consultancy and CRO, uniquely positioned to support Australian government entities in their healthcare innovation initiatives. With unparalleled expertise from early-phase research to market launch, we provide strategic advice and technical support that drive successful outcomes.

Our extensive experience includes strategic business case development, ecosystem mapping, policy review, and public health leadership. We have a proven track record, executing over 450 projects across diverse disease areas and product types for more than 160 clients worldwide.

Biointelect 360degree view of the healthcare ecosystems from preclinical, clinical trial capabilities, through to commercialisation highlights our ability to navigate complex regulatory, market access, and policy landscapes.

As trusted advisers, we empower public agencies to embark on major infrastructure projects and policy reforms that enhance health outcomes for all Australians with proven impactful results. Our deep understanding of the healthcare innovation ecosystem and strategic planning positions us as ideal partners to support your goals.

Join us in advancing Australia's healthcare landscape. Partner with Biointelect to leverage our expertise and achieve groundbreaking success in your healthcare projects. Together, we can create a healthier future for Australia.

Levant Consulting is an employee-owned business focused on helping our clients deliver better organisational change and transformation.  We partner with our clients to ensure the critical elements for complex and technology-driven change are in place. Whether that’s a precursor to change (i.e., leadership alignment, operating model, and organisational design) or in support of technology implementation (i.e., stakeholder-centric change management).

Our team of consultants, based in Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra, work differently than other consultancies.  And that’s by design.  First and foremost, our focus is to deliver our clients great outcomes, not just a great report or lengthy pack of materials. Our small and nimble teams work side-by-side with your people to co-identify, co-build, co-implement and co-sustain the change.  We do this because we know that collaboration provides the best chance of success when it comes to complex change.  

We believe our size, focus on outcomes and determination to build capability in the teams we partner with is a key enabler for our clients.  It’s another reason we don’t have an army of consultants to throw at a problem or take it ‘offline’ to work on it in the dark.

Since Levant Consulting started in 2012, we’ve enjoyed profitable growth, while working with some of Australia’s most successful companies and government entities. 

Future Leadership is a certified B Corp and recognised Great Place to Work, dedicated to creating Better Leaders for a Better World. We bring together seven specialised talent businesses into one capability ecosystem, helping boards and executives prepare for the future. Our services include Executive Search, Interim Executive solutions, and Leadership Advisory, all underpinned by our Future Leadership Capability Framework. With a reach across 20% of Australia’s board and executive talent, we partner with organisations to build inclusive, future-focused leadership and enable sustainable capability for generations to come.

Insight Economics is a boutique strategy and economics consulting firm. The Insight Economics team brings together deep public sector expertise and advanced analytical capabilities to help governments tackle major public policy challenges and realise strategic opportunities in the public interest. We are experts in complex economic modelling, data analytics and the evidence requirements of central agencies for new investment and policy approvals. Our competencies include cost benefit modelling, economic impact analysis, business case development, labour market modelling, market sizing and projections, industry and innovation policy, funding model reform, pricing, trade policy, and health systems reform. We have experience in a wider range of industry sectors including health and life sciences, disability, emergency services, defence, resources, sustainability, tourism, manufacturing and other government services. 

DXP Consulting is a research, policy and strategy consultancy specialising in providing clients with the insight and advice necessary to make better decisions.

Our mission is to inform and influence the design and reform of exceptional policies and strategies. Our motivation and passion is to make a difference.

We do this through the application of evidence-informed quality analysis, sound judgement and working tactically to positively influence outcomes. We work effectively at all points of the cycle from ideation through to evaluation.

While we are generalists, able to turn our heads and energies to a diverse range of issues, we have developed deep and specialist expertise in a range of areas. Education and skilled migration policies, and the labour market conditions and challenges of the professions, are key areas of specialisation. Other foci include gender equity, Indigenous opportunity and business strategy.

We value rigor, practicality and integrity. We are rigorous in the application of relevant data and insights to issues and opportunities. Our advice on how to design or reform policy and strategy is practical. Integrity is the foundation of all our relationships and actions.

Procure is a specialist SME focused on probity advisory services, which account for over two-thirds of its work. Established in 2005, Procure has delivered probity services from the outset, completing over 2,200 engagements for more than 190 state, commonwealth, and local government entities. While also offering procurement, investigations, and integrity services, probity remains its primary area of expertise. 

Currently, Procure ranks among the top 10 NSW Government service providers and is number two by value of probity advisory services delivered through the NSW Pre-Qualification Scheme managed by NSW Treasury, reflecting its strong expertise in probity advice.

Citi Australia is the preeminent banking partner for corporate, commercial, investor, and public sector clients, with extensive cross-border and cross-product capabilities.

Our market leading corporate advisory team is trusted by private and public sector clients on their largest and most complex corporate situations, acting as a trusted advisor to Boards, management and key stakeholders. 

Underpinning Citi Australia’s success in the advisory business is the expertise built from advising clients on landmark public and private market mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions, bolstered by Citi’s unrivalled global coverage and product networks in key regions.

Citi Australia has extensive experience across shareholder activism, government privatisations and capital market tactics across takeovers and activist campaigns supported by full-service investment banking capabilities including equity and debt capital markets offerings.

Citi’s dedicated Australian Power, Utilities and Infrastructure team has a strong track record and deep experience in serving public sector clients on various corporate advisory, ratings advisory, capital structuring, scoping studies, and government advisory engagements.

Freeform, is a strategic market research consultancy.  We specialise in service based industries, Government and social enterprises, delivering a mix of CX research, communications testing, segmentation and personas, and deep dive research projects to better help clients understand what makes their customers tick.  We leverage the latest marketing science, along with cutting edge tools, to deliver fast, robust and thorough insights.  What separates us from many research companies is our relentless focus on the strategic outcomes.  We don't get lost in observations but focus on the impact and how clients can really leverage the data to greatest effect.

HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (HWLE) is a national firm which utilises qualified lawyers exclusively in providing Management Advisory Services to Commonwealth agencies including Privacy and Probity Services. Having intimate legal knowledge of policy, guidelines and processes in these areas, we have a unique ability to provide high quality consultancy services to government. 

Privacy 

HWLE's personnel are recognised advisors, with highly developed knowledge of the principles and requirements of the Privacy Act 1988. We advise agencies on their obligations, conduct PIAs, undertake privacy reviews, conduct privacy training, produce guidelines and notices, advise on data security assurance, and conduct privacy and data protection health checks. Our contacts for privacy services, Michael Palfrey, Will Sharpe and Kristina Mihalic, are well-known to the Commonwealth and sought after for their practical approach to managing complex privacy issues. 

Probity 

HWLE's advisors have deep understanding of the CPRs, CGRGs and according legal framework. George Marques and Brian Ambler have over 30 years' experience advising Commonwealth agencies and corporate entities in relation to procurements and grant processes. Their experience encompasses providing briefings, preparing probity plans and guidelines, competitive dialogue protocols and training to procurement and evaluation teams. They also provide ministerial briefings and investigation of conflicts of interest and complaints.

Australia’s leading provider of research, evaluation and data analytics to Commonwealth, State and Territory governments; not-for-profit; and educational organisations. Wholly Australian owned, with more than 75 professional staff across offices in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.
OUR SERVICES
Communication, Marketing and Community research
Organisational, Stakeholder and Client research
Policy and program evaluation research
Data Analytics
Online Surveys and Ballots
Portals
First Nations Research
Disability Research
And more

Certifications: international quality standards ISO 20252 and ISO 27001 and Fair Data certification

Puzzle has extensive experience in helping our clients strategically transition their spaces and re-imagine how their people work together. We’re a trusted advisor & partner to clients across multiple sectors, including within the public sector.

We’re experts in:

Change management: We help our clients to engage their people and leaders, build confidence, enthusiasm and capability to align with new ways of working.

Workplace blueprint: We use data, analysis, insight and our deep experience to help our clients define their desired future workplace.

Transition: We apply rigorous project management to ensure that the physical movement of people, information and assets is seamless.
 

Challis & Company offers services in board search, executive search, board reviews and leadership assessment & development. Our clients include government, listed corporations, mid-sized companies, professional service firms, private equity firms, start-ups and not-for-profits. Our consultants bring to bear a range of complementary backgrounds including years working with leading ASX-listed corporates, top-tier strategy consulting firms, global executive search firms and specialist organisational psychology consultancies.

PeakXD is a niche customer research and experience design consultancy.
We are one of Australia's oldest and most established customer and user experience digital agencies, having been in business since 2003. Our mission is to empower others to improve the world through human-centred design.
We work with agencies to help them achieve their business goals, engage stakeholders and facilitate the design of engaging customer experiences approach crossing multiple channels, touchpoints, user interfaces, technologies, and devices.
•    Service design / Design thinking / Human Centred Design
•    Customer research and insights
•    UX and UI design
•    Usability/user testing of digital interfaces
•    Accessibility audits and testing

Heartward Strategic is a trusted pair of hands delivering high quality social research and analysis services across Australia. Heartward collaborates with government, non-government and social organisations to create evidence-driven impact on leading social and policy issues. 

We do this by applying analytic thinking, emotional intelligence and technology to deliver rapid, cost-effective research and make meaning from any kind of information about people – their needs, behaviours and preferences.

We specialise in:

• custom-design and delivery of qualitative, quantitative and hybrid primary research 
• collection, review and reporting on data and submissions from public and stakeholder consultations 
• evidence reviews and examination of secondary data
• advanced analytics, and
• developing strategic frameworks.

Using participatory research approaches and working methods, we are committed to engaging ethically with all participants and contributors, respecting diversity and the value of lived experience.

As an SME, we are nimble and focused, resulting in an outsized effect on the sectors we work in. Independent and purpose-led, Heartward has no conflicts of interest in any work we undertake for government. Our team are credible, engaging presenters and facilitators, and our tailored written reports are relied on at executive and ministerial levels and regularly published.

Optimising transitions to achieve public good outcomes

Iceni was founded with a vision to do business differently – driven by a dedication to address today’s challenges for a better future.

We’re committed to working on assignments that create public good outcomes and feel proud of the positive impact we make on our customers, our people, our society, and our planet. We embody our values by donating a portion of our profits to charities that help women in need.

As transition partners, we believe in moving towards the greater good together. We apply diverse thinking to design solutions for you and your customers.

With deep public sector expertise, we guide clients through significant transitions, enhancing public good outcomes. Our strength lies in meticulous planning and design, supported by robust program management and stakeholder engagement. We tailor our approach using data-driven insights and offer specialised expertise in visioning & storytelling, operating model design, governance and delivery models, change management, organisational processes, and monitoring & evaluation. We excel in facilitating workshops, co-design initiatives, engagement methods, and surveys to ensure successful outcomes.

Stantons is a premium provider of governance advisory services, offering the premium consulting services of a ‘Big 4’ organisation, without the ‘Big 4’ price tag.

With offices in three States and Territories, and remote delivery capabilities, we are able to service any client needs in any location.  Specialising in probity advisory/audit, procurement support, internal audit, IT audit, risk management, commercial reviews, tax advice and financial analysis, Stantons can draw on expertise from a multidisciplinary team to provide thorough and integrated support for any task.  

Stantons specialises in providing support to Government clients.  Approximately 95% of the client base and workload for the Governance Advisory Services division consists of Government clients, including Federal, State and Local clients.  We are well versed in the underlying policies supporting procurement by Federal agencies, and operating and providing probity and procurement support within the context of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules.  

Stantons has a proven track record of excellence in all fields of advisory and audit services.  In particular, we hold a successful track record in the probity advisory space, of never having any tender process we have provided probity assurance over be subject to successful legal challenge.  

Equity Economics brings together experienced economists and senior social policy expertise to deliver research, policy, program design and evaluations. We have the real-world experience needed to translate complex ideas into tangible policy impact. We are uniquely an Australian owned, female led, small business operating across Australia and working in the Asia Pacific region. We are driven by the desire to see a more equitable, inclusive and prosperous Australia and region. We work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, and bring deep experience in community development. 

We are experienced. We offer a senior team with breadth of expertise across economics, health and the care industries, welfare and community services, and education. 

We understand Government. Our team are not career consultants – we have direct experience working at senior levels in Government & have strong networks. We bring a deep understanding of how policy change is made and how funding is allocated. 

We are focused on practical solutions that will land with impact. From our experience in real world policy-making, we give NGOs the evidence you need to advocate for change & practical policy recommendations, complemented by strategic advice on how to get the attention of policy maker.

Centium supports Federal Government agencies with expert risk, governance, and assurance services. Our team delivers tailored internal audit, conduct investigations, cybersecurity, and probity advisory solutions aligned with national standards. With deep public sector experience and a scalable hybrid model, we help agencies strengthen integrity, transparency, and service delivery. Centium’s ethical, evidence-based approach ensures strategic outcomes, operational efficiency, and public trust—nationwide.

Ninti is an Aboriginal-owned and led project management company, registered with Supply Nation and in operation for over 20 years. As one of Australia’s biggest First Nations consulting companies, we have managed over 300 projects on behalf of the Commonwealth Government.  
Our vision is to build opportunities with and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through research, innovation and engagement. Our services include project management, stakeholder and community engagement, participatory evaluation and research and data collection.
 

CEPA is a global, economic and financial policy consulting business.  Our strength is advising about matters where economics and public policy overlap.
We operate through our offices in Australia and the UK. Our consultants support clients’ complex decision-making by providing robust analysis, which is commercially and politically astute, innovative and frequently relied upon by governments, regulators and the public sector, multinational organisations and private companies of all sizes.

We have worked on more than 1,200 projects to date, with extensive expertise in our core sectors of energy (electricity and natural gas), water, transport (road, rail, airports, airlines), infrastructure, global health, communications, media and payment systems.

We provide a wide range of micro-economic services, including economic regulation of infrastructure and utilities, economic and financial modelling, estimations of the cost of capital, market design, competition economics, infrastructure access regimes and disputes, expert witness work, due diligence, undertaking case studies, behavioural economics, cost appraisals, program and project evaluations, impact assessments, cost-benefit analysis, benchmarking, transaction advisory services and merger analysis.

Neoteric Consulting is an Australian based boutique professional services firm that brings together local specialists with extensive knowledge and experience providing management consulting and finance technology services to the private and public sectors.

With a deep understanding of complex government and corporate environments, our diverse team of skilled and passionate people bring Neoteric thinking and deep analysis to deliver value-driven and practical solutions. Our capabilities cover transformation and reform, costing and financial analysis, financial sustainability and efficiency, charging and cost recovery, ERP system implementation and support, supply chain and procurement, program management and assurance and performance audit.
 

FTI Consulting is a trusted multidisciplinary advisory firm that provides critical insight and expert testimony in legal and regulatory proceedings, public policy debates and strategic decision-making.

Our core services and capabilities include fraud and misconduct investigations, policy development and analysis, regulatory review, policy and program evaluation, forensic accountancy audits, privacy advice and assurance, valuations, and strategic and commercial advice.

Our diverse team of professionals includes economists, policy analysts, forensic accountants and investigators, former regulators, financial analysts, lawyers, journalists, and technology experts. Our team has decades of experience working in and for government, regulators, and public service entities across a range of jurisdictions, advising on some of the nation’s most significant and contentious issues. FTI Consulting is independent and uniquely positioned to provide impartial advice and assistance.

Founded in 2007, Grey Advantage is a 100% Australian-owned boutique advisory firm specializing in providing strategic business solutions to government and small agencies. As a Partner-only firm, we are uniquely positioned to deliver tailored, high-quality advisory services, led by senior consultants with decades of public sector experience at SES Level. Our expertise spans business strategy, program and project management, performance reviews, risk management, and organizational design.

We understand the specific challenges faced by Commonwealth agencies, including resource constraints, complex compliance requirements, and the need for agile, cost-effective solutions. With a deep understanding of the public sector environment, we help agencies optimise performance, streamline processes, and align operations with strategic goals.

Grey Advantage’s service offerings are designed to create value and deliver results, with a focus on sustainable improvements and stakeholder engagement. Our approach combines rigorous business process analysis with practical implementation strategies, ensuring measurable outcomes.

For agencies seeking a trusted SME partner to drive business improvements, enhance governance, or navigate complex transformations, Grey Advantage offers the experience, professionalism, and dedication needed to achieve your goals efficiently and effectively—providing the “grey advantage” of experience and insight that only a specialist advisor can bring.

ChatHouse is a boutique qualitative and social research agency, providing insightful, quality research. Our team has had decades of experience conducting high-quality research for both government and commercial clients.

Regardless of the research technique applied, our goal remains the same, to get below the surface of our subject and beyond the purely rational, thereby enabling us to deliver tactical, strategic and above all, actionable insights.

What makes us unique?

Senior-only research agency: Good research comes from experienced, intelligent and insightful researchers. ChatHouse clients know they will only have senior researchers on their jobs from start to finish.

Qualitative specialists: We are purists so you will never have a ‘quantie’ running groups or a ‘qualie’ analysing data. Rather we have a strong partnership with a leading Quantitative agency that allows us to offer integrated qual – quant studies.

Need-based research offering: Our approach is entirely brief-led, resulting in personalised services that focus on the individual needs of each client.

Areas of expertise

• Exploratory 
• Attitudinal and Behaviour Change 
• Product and Brand development 
• Communications

We have board experience working with government clients, including ATO, ASIC, Health, Employment and Workplace Relations, Defence, Education, Office of Responsible Gambling, and the Cancer Institute, among others.

Hall & Partners is a full-service strategic research and evaluation consultancy working across a broad range of clients and projects, including both public and private sectors and with a particular focus and interest in attitudes and behaviours, social issues and community connection. We are driven by the opportunity to identify the insights – not just what people think, feel and do but why. Our team is senior and experienced – we have knowledge and expertise developed over decades of work with the public and private sectors across every government portfolio.

We have well-established credentials and demonstrated expertise in the full range of research methodologies, approaches and techniques.

Macquarie Capital is an operating group within Macquarie Group, which is headquartered in Australia.

Macquarie Capital is a financial advisor, investor and developer working across 32 locations in 23 markets.

Macquarie Capital also partners with governments, businesses, and startups to connect ideas to capital and help drive innovation, growth and create real-world impact.

Macquarie Capital advises and invests alongside our clients and partners in a range of sectors.

Macquarie Capital provides a full suite of advisory, investing, development, capital raising and equities capabilities including mergers and acquisitions advisory services, principal investing and lending, Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets and Private Capital Markets advisory as well as Equity brokerage.  

In FY24, Macquarie Capital advised on 290 transactions worth more than A$332bn and provided principal investment worth A$82bn across more than 1,150 deals.
Macquarie Capital was the leading M&A advisor across ANZ in FY24 (by deal count) and is No.1 Global Financial Adviser in Energy Transition. 

The Behavioural Architects: Leading Experts in Behavioural Science and Social Research

Established in 2011, The Behavioural Architects is a globally renowned behavioural change consultancy. Our team delivers unparalleled insights into human decision-making, driving tangible results for public and community-focused organisations. We craft and implement impactful behaviour change strategies using interdisciplinary insights, ensuring meaningful societal outcomes.

Integrating Behavioural Science, Systems Theory, and Human-Centred Design, we offer a profound understanding of decision-making. Our evidence-based interventions are applied across public safety, education, healthcare, transport, sustainability, and urban planning, using qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Our core values - JOY of discovery, COURAGE to challenge, and KIND-HEARTEDNESS - drive our actions and foster a culture of empathy. We aim to positively impact communities and the environment, creating a brighter future.

Our three-stage approach ensures actionable strategies:

1. MAP: Identify target populations, analyze behaviours, and understand triggers and barriers.
2. DESIGN: Develop research-rooted interventions incorporating communication, public policy, and design principles.
3. TEST AND LEARN: Pilot, scale, evaluate, and refine strategies for sustained change.

Partner with us to harness Behavioural Science, engage communities, and achieve your goals.

Yardstick is a specialist provider of assurance, integrity, risk management, and financial management services. We provide a range of engagement models from contracted individuals to fixed scope deliverables. As a small to medium enterprise, we are committed to having the capability and capacity to deliver exceptional quality and service on every engagement. We engage senior, experienced personnel, including at the TS-PV / TS-PA level, to directly deliver services to our clients. We do not apply a ‘leveraged’ model.

As a provider of assurance and integrity services, we are acutely aware of our need for independence and objectivity. We only provide services public sector organisations.

We provide internal audit and assurance expertise and support to Commonwealth agencies, including internal audit quality, assurance capability building, external quality assessments, and auditing of agency specific, client facing functions.

Pitt Group is an SME. Sally-Anne Pitt is a former Chair of the Global Board of the Institute of Internal Auditors (2023-24), published author on internal audit quality, and a global expert on internal audit. Michael Pitt has 20+ years’ experience auditing in complex government environments. Sally-Anne and Michael lead / conduct all engagements.

We have worked across a wide range of portfolio areas and have 30+ years’ experience working within and consulting to public sector organisations.
 

Rennie Advisory Pty Ltd is a multi-disciplinary advisory firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, serving both government and non-government clients across the country.

Rennie helps organisations navigate and optimise the transition to a sustainable future. Rennie bridges the gap between where organisations are today and where they need to be—navigating transition, creating value, and delivering impactful solutions.

Our main services include strategy (corporate, operations, and transaction diligence), capital advisory (capital strategy, deals, modelling), economics, reform & sustainability, and business & technology advisory. Rennie brings diverse expertise, and collaborative, pragmatic solutions to our clients.

GSA Management Consulting is an Australian owned small to medium enterprise, specialising in strategy, service delivery improvement and governance, risk and compliance. We are a boutique management consultancy firm delivering services to the Department of Defence and Australian Government Departments. We have a breadth of experience and expertise to rival leading consulting firms.

Griffith University was created to be a different kind of university—challenging conventions, responding to trends and pioneering solutions through innovation. Griffith is  deeply connected to the Asian pacific region, environmentally aware, open to the community and industry focused.

Ranking in the top 2% of universities worldwide, Griffith has come to be regarded as one of Australia's most innovative research intensive tertiary institutions. Everything the University does, from education to research, consultancy and community engagement, is designed to meet the new world in which everything interconnects and is focused on improving people’s lives. Griffith’s teaching, research and consultancy services span all disciplines and are based across six campuses in South East Queensland including a Digital campus, with the University having conducted significant research and consultancy services throughout Australia, and internationally.

Griffith draws on a large multi-disciplinary pool of experts and researchers, allowing engagement in complex and technically advanced projects. Our unique infrastructure ensures the delivery of timely, cost-effective and innovative projects and solutions without compromising on quality, safety, sustainability and environmental considerations. Our mission is to deliver the project objectives and to add value to client operations through the intelligent application of knowledge, technical and management expertise.

Oxford Economics Australia is a leading provider of independent economic analysis and advice. Our sole focus on independent economic analysis, free from political or commercial ties, ensures objective insights for our clients.

With 60 years of experience in the Australian market and a team of 60 employees in Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra we’re able to provide a full suite of economic consulting services including: 

• Macroeconomic, industry and labour market forecasting, 
• Econometric modelling and analysis 
• Policy advice and evaluation 
• Scenario planning and analysis 
• Cost-benefit and economic impact analysis
• Infrastructure advice and prioritisation including market capacity studies and cost escalation forecasts
• Climate change analysis
• Transport forecasts and network modelling

Each year, we complete over a hundred consulting projects across various sectors and topics. Our reports, forecast databases, and economic models are subscribed to by more than four hundred Australian organisations, including government agencies, businesses, banks, and universities.

Our extensive experience and comprehensive services help clients navigate economic challenges and opportunities.

Allen + Clarke is a management consultancy offering services across the policy spectrum. Across 25+ years, Allen + Clarke has provided policy, regulatory, research, evaluation, stakeholder engagement, organisational change, strategy, culture reviews, program management and Secretariat services to government clients.
Allen + Clarke has experience across a range of sectors, including health, social, justice, family violence, education, Indigenous rights and aspirations, environment and energy.
As a SME, we are agile, adaptable and a safe pair of hands who you'll enjoy working with.

Our consultancy delivers meaningful change. With over 25 years of experience delivering outcomes for Commonwealth, state and local governments,  Communication Link is here to support you in achieving remarkable outcomes.

At Communication Link, we appreciate the power of effective communication and stakeholder engagement. We will work closely with you to create positive change, both internally and externally, and help you navigate complex matters.

Our team of experienced consultants is dedicated to delivering meaningful outcomes working at a strategic and on-the-ground level.  With strong logistical management and problem-solving skills, we will ensure that your project runs smoothly from start to finish.  Our focus on data-driven solutions and effective reporting will provide you with the insights you need to make informed decisions.

What truly sets us apart is our dedication to customer service. We build strong relationships, share learnings to build agency capability and tailor our approach to your needs. Our team is not only qualified and experienced but also creative, friendly, and professional.  

Whether you need assistance with community engagement, strategic communication, change management or leadership training, Communication Link has the expertise and resources to support you. Contact us today and discover how we can help you achieve your goals.

Integrity Advisory is a boutique advisory service established in 2012. We specialise in assisting Commonwealth entities with the integrity of their operations.  We can provide:

• Fraud and Corruption Risk Assessments
• Fraud and Corruption Control Plans
• Integrity Frameworks, including comprehensive governance, policies and procedures.

Aurecon is a design, engineering and advisory company. Our purpose is bringing ideas to life, to imagine and co-create with our clients a better future for people and the planet.

Our strength lies in how we bring together our design, engineering and advisory capabilities to provide our clients with integrated solutions across the entire asset lifecycle. From shape and plan – design and deliver – operate and optimise – to close and transform, Aurecon designers, engineers, scientists and advisors work with our clients across markets and asset types, to tackle some of the world’s most complex challenges.

Our purpose is bringing ideas to life, to imagine and co-create with our clients a better future for people and the planet.

The Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE) was established in 2014 to become one of Australia’s leading applied health economics research centres. Since its inception, MUCHE has delivered over 100 research projects, undertaken research for government and non government organisations valued at over $15 million, and contributed to research funded by academic grants valued at over $70 million.

MUCHE has a broad set of skills and experience in economic and program evaluation, policy analysis and data analytics. Our research represents a reliable reference point for decision makers. MUCHE team members regularly contribute to policy decisions, having sat on various national government committees. These include the National Suicide Prevention Office Expert Advisory Group, Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) Interim Aged Care Working Group, the NDIS IEP Academic Advisory Panel and the Department of Health and Aged Care Expert Advisory Panel for the Review of General Practice Incentive Programs and the Review of Primary Care After Hours Programs.

MUCHE has developed a strong reputation for answering complex health economics research questions using a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach. MUCHE is affiliated with several other academic research centres, within and beyond Macquarie University, and collaborates on international health economics projects with world leading research groups around the world.

Privcore’s team with over four decades’ combined experience helps business and government make privacy core business so they can deliver goods and services with the trust and confidence of customers and citizens. Privcore is a profit-for-purpose privacy, AI and cyber risk management company.

Annelies Moens, CIPP/E, CIPT, FIP, FAICD, CMgr FIML, a privacy professional practising since 2001 founded Privcore. Annelies is the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Vanguard Oceania 2023 Award recipient for demonstrating exceptional leadership, expertise and creativity in privacy and data protection.

Dr John Selby, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP joins Privcore as an experienced consultant, researcher and trainer in the fields of cybersecurity, AI and privacy and is one of the few legally qualified in Australia with CISSP and CISM credentials.

Privcore conducts privacy impact assessments (PIAs), privacy health checks, builds privacy programs and assesses the privacy risks of introducing new technologies, such as AI, into agencies. Privcore has produced a white paper on “What makes a great privacy impact assessment?” to assist agencies to understand what to look for when choosing to undertake a PIA. Other services are outlined under the services section of Privcore’s website.

HoustonKemp Economists is a full service, economic consultancy firm that works closely with government clients to provide robust evidence-based insights to policy design, evaluation, and implementation. We are known for our professionalism, quality of our analysis, and capacity to deliver within tight time timeframes. 

Our services include cost benefit evaluation, input/output analysis, CGE modelling, market analysis, competition analysis, regulatory analysis, economic analysis, data analytics including data visualisation, statistical analysis, optimisation and wholesale energy market modelling.

We have particular expertise in infrastructure sectors (electricity, gas, water, transport, ports), policy areas including decarbonisation, energy transition, heavy vehicle regulation, infrastructure regulation, energy efficiency, and policy design and implementation.

We work closely with our clients to provide our technical and subject matter expertise to meet our clients’ needs. With 30 professional economists, and access to the ‘best-in-class’ economic modelling and statistical tools, HoustonKemp has the depth and breadth of technical economic capabilities to meet any analytical need. 

We are regularly called upon to provide insights to improve public policy decision making and analysis.

Aldermane is an award-winning legal and strategic advisory firm based in Canberra and Sydney. Our clients engage us because we are approachable, pragmatic, and commercially-minded lawyers and advisors who provide practical, future-focused, and actionable advice.

Our specialist team of lawyers, advisors, and contract specialists have decades of experience servicing Government clients across all areas of procurement, tendering, negotiations, and contract administration. We work side-by-side with our clients to provide advice which is aimed at balancing their commercial requirements with their regulatory or organisational constraints, without getting in the way.

We are a true boutique that takes a ‘client-first’ approach. Our managing partners are ex-top-tier lawyers that have a mission to provide greater value to our Government clients, and to our people, when compared with traditional firms. Our approach to maximising value is simple: reduce unnecessary fees and overheads within our organisation, and pass those cost savings on to our clients; without compromising on quality.

Aldermane specialises in intellectual property advice, strategic procurement and contracting strategies, probity, tender development, policy and compliance, governance, program management, export controls, scheduling, and ICT transactions in a Government context.

Flinders University is a leading higher education provider in South Australia, known for its expertise and impactful research across many disciplines, such as science, engineering, technology, the environment, natural resources, health and medical, people and society, and defence. 

Among the many specialized groups at Flinders University are the following notable examples:

• The Australian Industrial Transformation Institute (AITI), which provides high level social, economic, industry and workforce research in response to major change and digitalisation. AITI has a long history of working successfully with industry and government on a wide range of economic and social policy challenges. The AITI team undertakes advanced quantitative and in-depth qualitative research, designs and conducts policy evaluations, and identifies policy solutions.
• The Health Economics and Health Services Research group, which provides expertise in the economic evaluation of technologies and services at all Technology Readiness Levels. The group has expertise and experience using decision analytic modelling techniques to synthesise data derived from disparate sources, including the use of expert elicitation to generate cost and effect estimates at earlier Technology Readiness Levels.

Please visit www.flinders.edu.au to find more on the breadth of research conducted by our institution.

Founded in Canberra in 1999, Synergy Group is the leading sovereign, Australian-owned professional services firm servicing government. We have more than 400 specialist staff operating across Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Synergy Group has a rich history of excellence, innovation, and expertise, providing full end-to-end services incorporating strategy, design and innovation through ThinkPlaceX, transformation delivery services through Synergy Consulting, and managed services through Synergy ICTMS.  

Our approach is uniquely tailored to address the largest, most challenging and complex projects for our clients, working with them to guide, lead, solve and resolve challenges and providing whole-of-life services grounded in research and underpinned by robust methodologies and deep insight.

Synergy Group is a values-driven organisation dedicated to enacting positive change through our work and our involvement in local communities across Australia. As we grow, we are conscious of ensuring our expanding footprint leaves a positive impact on the environment and the communities we are involved with by upholding our values, which are at the core of who we are and what we do while driving our commitment to sustainable and considered growth.

At JWS Research, we uncover what people are truly thinking. As an independent, Australian-owned research firm, we excel in solving complex problems and delivering timely, strategic insights to guide critical decisions. Our client-focused approach ensures we listen, adapt, and prioritise your needs, creating tailored research solutions that produce excellent outcomes.

Our team’s dual expertise in qualitative and quantitative research allows us to seamlessly translate focus group insights into actionable strategies, providing you with a comprehensive understanding of public sentiment and behaviour. We don’t just present data; we partner with you to offer strategic advice and direction, helping you navigate government relations, advocacy campaigns, reputation management, and policy development.

We pride ourselves on maintaining the highest quality standards, being ISO 20252 certified and a member of the Australian Data and Insights Association. Our extensive experience with both government and corporate clients enables us to handle sensitive and controversial issues with care and expertise.

Whether it's understanding stakeholder attitudes, informing policy, or optimising communication strategies, JWS Research delivers clear, actionable insights that drive success. Trust us to provide the roadmap for your strategic planning and ensure your message resonates with the right audience. 

MF & Associates are a consulting firm that specialises in cyber security and management consulting. We believe inclusion, diversity and emotional safety are the heart of our consulting model and value proposition.

The MF & Associates cyber security team is dynamic and knowledgeable, with extensive experience in both the public and private sector. We specialise in assisting organisations achieve business outcomes through practical and pragmatic cyber security strategy, architecture, and governance advice, and in navigating complex risk and compliance challenges. The team includes several former CISOs and ITSA’s, as well as the former AISA Cyber Security Professional of the Year, AWSN Unsung Hero, and former winner of the Women in ICT Defying Gravity Award. 

The MF & Associates Management consulting team specialise in transformation, strategy development, capability health checks, return-to-green interventions and providing interim executive leaders. We use a customised and client-centric approach for each engagement. We understand that clients’ needs can change rapidly, and we respond to this through our flexible model.

Our multidisciplinary teams bring a broad range of subject matter expertise including service design, architecture, business analysis, program and project management, change management as well as deep technical expertise across cyber security and technology development, integration and management. 

Tailored HR Solutions is a dynamic boutique consultancy firm with a presence across Australia. We specialise in Business and Human Resource advisory services, working closely with our clients to design and create sustainable solutions. Our mission is to help organisations achieve their goals efficiently and sustainably by fostering innovation, ensuring compliance, and addressing capability gaps and workforce challenges. This is especially crucial for our government clients, supporting government to build Australian Public Service capability and focus on meaningful work that contributes to the Australian economy.  

We partner with our clients to tackle complex challenges, collaboratively creating impactful and sustainable

Quantum Market Research is an agile market and social research agency helping change-makers in business, government and philanthropy make better decisions. Our work is grounded in a deep understanding of human behaviour, social sciences and over 25 years of tracking culture change in Australia. We offer all the services you’d expect from a market research agency, and then some to ensure that we are offering you the highest quality services. What sets Quantum apart is big picture thinking (and the tools that support it), applied to unique and highly targeted problems. And our people – they are truly excellent at what they do.

MBB Group is an independent consultancy firm, specialising in finding and developing innovative, effective solutions to complex and complicated infrastructure projects.

Leveraging our experience across the project lifecycle, we are able to offer effective and innovative program, project, planning, commercial, transaction, development and delivery management services.

We have advised on, contributed to and led successful projects across Government and the private sector. These include major transport, energy, resources and social infrastructure projects, under all contracting models and across the whole project lifecycle.

Our services include:

• Strategy: Complex problem solving and commercially focused advice through a highly capable team to solve client problems, inform investment decisions, drive commercial outcomes, mitigate risk and enable improved organisational, P3 and commercial performance for major infrastructure.
• Development: Helping you to see the key issues and make the right decisions by planning and delivering whole-of-life value. From the project’s inception to financial close.
• Delivery: A strategic and integrated approach that draws on industry insights, practices and lessons to ensure readiness for project execution and establishment of the necessary capability in line with project risk or complexity. Delivering on time and on budget, establishing sustainable returns from your assets.
• Operations: Early strategic focus and proactive asset management to ensure you get the most out of an asset once it becomes operational ensuring the best commercial return on investment and benefit realisation defined in the development phase.

Ontoit is a consultancy offering project and program management, commercial advisory and transaction management services to government and private sector clients on infrastructure projects across Australia. 

An award winning consultancy, with an experienced team, we advise and support all levels of government, statutory bodies, private infrastructure developers and asset operators across the entire asset and project lifecycle. The services we provide span across all stages of the project development process from strategy, project evaluation and prioritisation, concept development, procurement/transaction management, through to project delivery and asset operation.

Through our industry knowledge and extensive market footprint we provide services to all sectors, including sport, health, precincts, justice, arts, education, transport, water, energy, and environment.

Central to our approach is our focus on optimising the benefits achieved through your investment in projects. Through our experienced team we draw together project sponsors, regulators, and industry partners to unlock the full potential of your team and project, leaving a legacy that future generations will admire and value.

It is our aim to ensure that you realise the full potential of projects that shape the future.

At Prominence, we believe in the power of human-centred management consulting. With  21+ years’ experience, we are more than a service provider, we are your trusted partner. Our team of high-calibre, multidisciplinary consultants are ready to deliver tailored pragmatic advice with a sharp focus on your organisational and operational needs.

We deliver solutions across federal, state and local government in our core services areas of: strategy and governance – supporting decision-making and accountability; people, performance and culture – enhancing workplace dynamics for high performance; and project and commercial Advisory – delivering project management, risk planning and market insights.

Prominence is quality assured to ISO 9001:2015.

Metrix is a leading market research and strategy company that combines marketing and behavioural science with multiple data points to help clients increase the effectiveness of their marketing and make decisions with certainty.

We offer an extensive breadth of qualitative and quantitative research services, including community and stakeholder consultation, customer experience measurement and customer journey mapping, behaviour change, data analytics and workshop facilitation. We are research-agnostic and provide a tailored solution to each brief we receive.

We have numerous in-house specialists and experts ranging from insight generators to data scientists and communications specialists. We also employ the latest technology such as a market-leading biometrics lab helping to uncover subconscious response to stimuli, AI powered platforms, and highly secure data systems. 

Our diverse skillset helps us go beyond the data and tell a bigger, more compelling story. We do this by assembling a purpose-built team that takes a multi-lens view to each unique strategic challenge. When combined with best practice effectiveness principles, this enables us to connect more dots and unearth strategic insights that otherwise remain unseen. 

Based in Perth, we have numerous strategic partnerships throughout Australia enabling us to respond to, and deliver against, the most challenging briefs nationwide.

atticusnow is an Australian SME consulting firm with three integrated offerings:

Strategy and policy – we provide expertise in strategy, policy, program design, business cases, feasibility studies, organisation, governance, economics, and regulation.

Codesign and engagement – we design and deliver creative and impactful codesign workshops, and stakeholder engagement strategies through interviews, surveys, forums, and roundtables.

AI & technology change –  we help organisations navigate rapid technological shifts by codesigning strategies and governance frameworks for AI, digital and technology change.

We also have extensive experience working successfully with First Peoples, including a national network of First Peoples consultants.