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Merit Solutions is a Brisbane-based consultancy with a highly qualified team who have worked at senior levels in the Australian and Queensland governments. We have been in operation since 1996 and specialise in providing ethical and professional consulting services for public sector clients.  While based in Brisbane, we can travel throughout Australia or deliver services virtually where appropriate.

Within the category of Organisational Planning and Development - Business Strategy and Improvement, our track record includes successful projects for Australian and Queensland Government clients.  These have involved functional reviews of organisational design, resourcing and workforce capability; development of options and recommendations in relation to organisation structures and related implementation plans; business process reviews and mapping which have streamlined delivery.  

Within the category of Human Resources – Workforce Strategy, we have completed successful projects for Australian and Queensland Government clients.  Examples include reviews of roles and structures including consideration of classification level and job design, development of job descriptions and recommendations regarding organisational structure, review and development of human resource policy, procedures and related resources.

We are client-centred, genuinely ethical and committed to a collaborative approach which delivers outcomes and is generous in sharing expertise to build internal capability. 

Finity is an award-winning professional services firm employing specialists across a range of disciplines including actuarial, analytics and economics. We combine bold, innovative thinking and a practical approach to inform research and policy solutions to a variety of areas including general and private health insurance, asset protection, natural perils risk, climate change risk and workers compensation. We are the largest employer of general insurance actuaries in Australia and the country’s leading general insurance consulting firm.

Finity has a deep and established understanding of government and we appreciate their nuanced political and operating environments. Our advice is designed to meet the specific transparency, information and educational requirements of our government clients.

Examples of work we have provided to the Australian Government and its agencies:

• Advising on insurance for terrorism following the 11 September 2001 attacks
• Establishment of the Cyclone Reinsurance Pool to address insurance affordability
• Actuarial analysis to the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
• Financial viability assessments of pathology firms and associated healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic 
• Assisting with interim vocational education tuition assurance arrangements following the exit of market providers
• Data analytics to entities such as the ACCC and ASIC to assist in their regulatory roles

We are a small firm of highly experienced Senior Reviewers and Decision Quality experts who provide specialised, independent integrity services to Government entities.

Let us help you with:
> conduct and ‘insider threat’ investigations 
> ombudsman complaint handling
> fraud and corruption prevention strategies
> conflict of interest advice
> probity review
> 'better decision making' support frameworks
> independent oversight of sensitive matters

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.

Natural Capital Economics was formed to bring leading economists, policy, and strategy experts to the market to provide evidence-based advice. Our business is focused on helping our clients understand and resolve complex challenges, especially those relating to the sustainability and resilience of natural capital and built environments in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. 

The scope of our services is broad, and includes water resources and infrastructure, nature repair, agriculture and other primary industries, urban liveability, and other areas relating to land, environmental and natural resource management. 

The breadth of our service offerings has now grown to include policy and strategy in climate change risk, adaptation and mitigation. 

The nature of our work means we invariably work in collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams. In this regard we routinely draw on expertise from our sister companies within the Alluvium group of companies, as well as independent expertise, in disciplines such as engineering, social sciences, markets, ecology and data science. 

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.

1. Research agency specialising in retirement and people of mature age. We are a Sydney-based research agency, specialising in research about the 'mature age', 'older' or 'retiree' markets.
2. Plain language content /message testing specialists

We are also plain language research specialists. We use message and content testing to help our clients develop simpler documents such as statements, letters, and forms.

Our testing frameworks are based on plain language principles, neuroscience, interaction design, and behavioural psychology.

Research methods
We offer qualitative and quantitative research. We are all classically trained researchers with the full range of techniques and methods at our fingertips.
Academically, we are social scientists. Our consultants are trained in at least one of: anthropology, psychology, sociology, literature, linguistics, semiotics, marketing, behavioural science, and interaction and service design. We are not boxed in by commitment to only one discipline.

Clients have included ASIC, the ACCC, the Productivity Commission, the NSW Police Force and many financial services organisations.

Standards and certification

• Company Partners of the Research Society
• ISO20252 accreditation 
• The Science of Plain Language Certification 
• Design Thinking certification 
• Customer Journey certification 
• Accessibility: How To Design For All certification
• Advanced Semiotics (MRS) 
   

ArcBlue is a leading procurement and supply chain consulting firm, helping clients drive positive change through the power of procurement and supply. We are a growing small-to-medium size organisation with a team of over 150 procurement consultants and analysts, committed to delivering innovative and practical solutions in procurement.

Established in 2013, our experienced team supports clients across the Asia Pacific region, including offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth.

ArcBlue has 4 core product offerings:

• Probity & Procurement Performance Improvement: solutions leveraging our methodologies, best practice tools and programs formulated over years of operation to safeguard your organisation against probity risks, improve performance and enhance the influence of strategic procurement.
• Procurement Learning & Development: assessing and uplifting skills with our Skills Assessments, our range of eLearning modules and our huge suite of specialised procurement and contract management Training Courses.
• Social & Sustainable Procurement: integrating sustainability principles into your end-to-end procurement processes through diagnostics, strategy development and implementation, capability development, reporting and impact measurement, place-based and industry participation programs.
• Project Procurement: solutions to deliver on budget and on time, support ranging from our Procurement-as-a-Service flexible resources, to end-to-end procurement project management for projects of all sizes and levels of complexity.

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.
 

PM-Partners is a specialist project delivery consultancy focused on:

1. Capability Uplift: uplifting individual and organisational capabilities in the areas of PMO, projects, change and agile
2. Project Delivery: specialist project, programme, change management and PMO delivery services - with a focus on repeatable methodologies and global best practice
3. Advisory Service: focused on improving, rescuing and recovering your programmes, projects and PMO.

We are not strategy and fancy PowerPoints, we are a delivery consultancy.  That is a our core strength.  Behind that we have IT tools and methods to make your projects as low risk and repeatable as possible.

Track record across Department of Health, Airservices, ACMA, NDIS and more.

ARTD is a public policy advisory firm, specialising in monitoring and evaluation. Since 1989, our team has delivered developmental, process and impact evaluations exclusively to government and community organisations. We work with all levels of government supporting effective decision making and building evaluation capacity.

Over 35 years in public policy have allowed us to hone our expertise, processes and ethics. We listen wholeheartedly. We work with you to understand your needs and goals, and then tailor our approach accordingly.  

Our vision is for a more thoughtful world. Robust evidence and data underpin our analysis. The collective wisdom of our highly engaged senior leadership team informs every project. We back this up with strong project management processes, flexibility and high levels of client service.

Our people care deeply about their work and the impact it has for government, the environment and the wider community. As an employee-owned SME, we have teams in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and the surrounding regions. We also have an extensive network of lived experience and First Nations associates around the country who co-design and co-deliver projects with us.

Connect with us for strategic evaluation, monitoring and research services that increase the likelihood of program success.

The University of Wollongong (UOW) is a leading global university, powered by its people, partnerships and communities. UOW’s vision is to inspire a better future through education, research and partnership.

UOW is globally recognised for delivering impactful research that drives positive change. UOW ranks 44th among the world’s universities for social and economic impact in the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which are benchmarked against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

UOW’s world-class capabilities provide a deep base of research and commercialisation capacity that greatly magnifies the potential for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to grow and compete.

Our researchers work with some of the world’s best research partners to solve the biggest questions facing society, striving towards a better quality of life for future generations. UOW’s research is purposeful, focusing on:

• Power, energy and infrastructure
• Healthy living
• Bio-medical sciences
• Future manufacturing 
• Social change and public policy

UOW is providing solutions that support emerging businesses and transform core industries to adopt advanced technologies and innovative systems. The research community has created an environment where entrepreneurship and innovation can thrive so research can be transferred into commercial products and services.

McGrathNicol Advisory specialises in advising the Commonwealth on: Governance and Financial Assessment; Compliance, Audit & Assurance; Consulting; Risk Management; Procurement and Probity; and National Security and Cyber.  
Our experienced team of more than 40 Canberra based Partners and staff work closely with our Australian Government clients to meet your needs and ensure high-quality delivery on time and on budget.

Established in 2009 Lonergan is a full-service strategic market research agency. We deliver large and small-scale projects, and have in-house capabilities for online surveys, face to face, CATI and mail out. We have a full suite of qualitative services including focus groups, in-depth interviews and senior executive and stakeholder interviews. We have an in-house data science team, and run our own qualitative recruitment services We have specialist expertise amongst vulnerable groups, including First Nations, people living with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA, people with a lived experience of trauma, younger people and remote Australians. 

We deliver strategic consultancy through combining proven data collection with innovative thinking and leading-edge techniques. We offer great value for money to the government, providing a discount for services and lower fees for large value projects. 

The quality of Lonergan’s work can be confirmed by our longstanding relationships and repeat projects across social housing, privacy, transport, disability, finance, aged care, legal aid, arts and culture, and many others. 

We are ISO20252 (market research) and ISO 27001 (cyber security) accredited, supported by rigorous quality and project management tools. Our senior researchers work on every project, and are members of The Research Society. 

David Madden is a highly experienced leader and investigator with almost two decades in investigation, corporate analysis, management, and leadership reviews, following a 29-year career in policing, culminating as Deputy Commissioner of Operations for NSW Police. Currently operating under DBM Independent Consultants, he specialises in high-level workplace investigations, risk analysis, workplace trouble shooting and cultural/operational review, policy reviews, executive mediation, and leadership coaching. Madden's career highlights include directing statewide policing operations, developing accountability mechanisms, and managing emergency responses, including counter-terrorism efforts. He has a strong background in ethical governance, having conducted investigations into workplace misconduct, fraud, historical sexual assault, institutional abuse and corruption for various government and non-government agencies. Madden holds a Master of Letters in Sociology and a Bachelor of Applied Social Science in Justice and Psychology. His certifications include a Cert IV in Government Security. He has been recognised with several awards, such as the Australian Police Medal for Ethical Service and the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Affairs Award. Madden is committed to ethical standards, accountability and strategic management, making him a valuable asset to any organisation seeking high-level investigative and governance expertise.

At Lower Capital, we don't just understand the challenges facing governments today - we've lived them. Our team, with extensive experience across all levels of government, including the United Nations, brings unique insight into governing in a rapidly evolving global environment.

Our expertise spans climate and corporate governance, sustainable infrastructure, and strategy and risk advisory. We offer comprehensive services, including policy and program design, strategic planning, governance performance evaluation, risk framework design and review, climate risk mitigation, green infrastructure planning, materiality assessment, and sustainability metrics design and disclosure.

With decades of experience in high-risk, capital-intensive, and heavily regulated environments, we're uniquely positioned to help you achieve your policy goals, make better informed decisions, and create lasting impact.

Whether you're designing new strategies, enhancing your governance arrangements, or seeking greater impact in your policies and initiatives, we invite you to consider Lower Capital in your next Request for Quotation.

The Equality Institute is a global research and creative agency working to advance gender equality and prevent violence against women and girls. We are unique in our ability to combine world-class research with creative communications. This allows us to promote an evidence-based approach, communicate effectively with diverse audiences, and translate complex research and ideas into products that drive real impact.

Ending VAWG requires building the evidence base, supporting uptake of innovative models and methodologies, and ongoing critical reflection and learning. We design and deliver rigorous, safe, and ethical research on sensitive topics related to gender, social norms and VAWG across the globe. We use a range of methodologies, including feminist-informed, participatory action research, ethnographic, quantitative, and qualitative methods, to build evidence and provide useful recommendations to inform policy and programming.

Our research team brings decades of technical expertise in developing and implementing innovative, large-scale monitoring and evaluation frameworks that promote ongoing learning and programme improvement; contribute to the development of international indicators on VAWG; and create national and regional strategies and tools for population-level monitoring. Our team members have led and designed several highly technical and impactful evaluation pieces around the world. 

Agilient, an Australian-owned and operated SME, excels in solving complex risk challenges in today's multifaceted business environment.

Agilient specialises in risk management, security, cyber security and resilience (emergency, crisis, business continuity management and disaster recovery planning).

The Agilient team has developed advanced risk, security and resilience methodologies for government and industry sectors for many years. Our team members founded and chaired the National Centre for Security Standards (NCSS) and have overseen the development of Australian and international standards associated with risk, security and resilience. Many of these standards now underlie government policy and best practices.

Agilient has successfully delivered services to numerous government agencies, including ABS, AEC, Comcare, the Department of Finance, Future Fund, the Office for the Information Commissioner, the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency, the Department of Defence, the Australian Taxation Office, various hospitals and health services, universities and local councils.

Agilient has provided services for critical infrastructure entities like AEMO, AGL, Jemena, ARPANSA, Commonwealth Bank, Viva Energy, Quantem, Sydney Opera House, water utilities, and Australia's major international airports. Our high-profile private sector clients include IAG, Boral, Schneider, Equinix, Global Switch, Mirvac, Aurecon, Ramsey Health, Tyree, Hutchinson Builders, Built, Port of Geelong, and Hutchinson Ports.

Compas is a trusted Australian-owned recruitment and workforce solutions provider with over 37 years of experience supporting government and private sector organisations. We specialise in sourcing top-tier talent across diverse categories, including IT and cybersecurity, data and analytics, program and project management, engineering, corporate support, HR, finance, and Defence roles. 

Leveraging cutting-edge technology and rigorous vetting processes, we deliver customised, cost-effective solutions tailored to client needs. Certified to ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 45001, and ISO 14001 standards, Compas ensures quality, security, and compliance. We are your reliable partner for specialised and high-demand recruitment solutions.

Nous is a purpose-led, Australian-founded consultancy with 700+ staff and offices across Australia, the UK and Canada.  

For over 25 years we’ve partnered with the Australian federal government on: organisational performance; leadership development; business case development; services/program/policy design and evaluation; regulation; and digital transformation.

We understand decision-making processes and focus on building sustainable capability for lasting impact. Nous maintains a large number security-cleared staff so that we can assemble fit-for-purpose teams with members who are equipped to access and work effectively with confidential information. We are also a member of the Australian Government’s Defence Industry Security Program.

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.

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

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.

Whereto is Australia’s most effective evidence-based consultancy – using award winning consumer and citizen insights to provide clear strategic direction for our clients.  Our unique mix of government, social & commercial clients means Whereto is deeply embedded across all aspects of Australian culture.
We are a team of qualitative and quantitative researchers, strategists, collaborators, evaluators &innovators. What makes us unique?
- Strategic – we go beyond findings to implications
- Directional – clearly identifying where next and why
- Collaborative – to improve outcomes
- Nimble – our senior team & robust, flexible process mean we can turn projects around quickly while keeping quality high
- We specialise in research-led solutions

Linesight provides professional consultancy services, management support and strategic advice to the global construction industry. From initial concept to project completion, we have been helping clients to build their businesses since 1974.

We have developed long-lasting relationships with some of the biggest companies in the world and have earned a reputation as a world leader in our field, and are continually evolving our offer to best meet our clients' needs. We have deep domain knowledge and experience spanning a multitude of sectors including Commercial, Data Centers, Life Sciences, Healthcare, High-Tech Industrial, Hospitality, Education, Residential, Retail, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Oil & Gas. With staff located across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the USA, our reach is truly global. 

Our permanent and long-established presence in these areas allows us to develop strategic partnerships, access local resources, formulate the most up-to-date market insights, and gain deep knowledge of each territory. Visit our Insights section, which provides global and regional analysis for the construction industry: http://www.linesight.com/insights

Linesight Australia

With offices in Sydney and Melbourne we work on projects throughout Australia.

Specialties

Cost Management, Project Management, Consultancy Services, Procurement, Program Management, Supply Chain Management, Project Controls, and Planning and Scheduling.

Reason Group is a leading Canberra-based business and technology services firm specialising in the business and digital transformation of government. Our purpose is to make government easier for those who deliver it and the people it serves.

We specialise in Federal and State Government business with a deep understanding of whole-of-government agenda, government technology ecosystems and the complexities of government service delivery. We have extensive end-to-end capability in program design and delivery, business and technology reviews, legacy system modernisation and replacement, enterprise platform integration,  interoperability, and accelerating new technology adoption that lowers risk and delivers value.
 

Our team of negotiation professionals bring a wealth of real-world knowledge and negotiation experience you won't find in a textbook.

We can provide sound advice and support on any commercial negotiation issue.
 

Alinea International (Alinea) is an international development consultancy providing technical and management expertise that helps people improve their lives. We work with governments, investors, companies and communities to create lasting change. Over 37 years, Alinea has successfully delivered more than 1,000 projects worldwide. www.alineainternational.com.

Alinea International (Asia and the Pacific) is part of the global Alinea International group, headquartered in Canada. This rapidly growing international development consulting firm provides quality technical, strategic, and operational expertise to programs and organisations across the Asia-Pacific region. We specialise in program design, monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL), and gender equality, disability, and social inclusion (GEDSI) across a range of sectors that deliver results and equitable outcomes to communities.

We are committed to supporting economic, social, and political development that leads to positive, inclusive and sustainable impacts. We provide a range of technical, advisory, facilitation, and managerial services tailored to the needs of our clients. We work with the Australian Government and other international donors, civil society, non-governmental organisations, and private sector groups. As a certified B Corporation, Alinea is proud to be an ethical business that upholds the highest standards of environmental and social performance and accountability throughout our work.

Bryan Whitefield Consulting helps leaders and organisations make better strategic decisions - without regret. Bryan specialises in aligning strategy and risk - two sides of the same coin - through facilitation, training, and advisory services. He runs strategic planning sessions, risk workshops, and practical training programs that build ownership, clarity, and action. With decades of experience across government and industry, Bryan brings insight, energy, and a proven ability to help leaders and teams make complex decisions with confidence.

Dart Legal & Consulting specialises in regulation, risk, compliance, enforcement, governance & performance.  We have provided specialist services in these areas across a broad range of sectors and regulatory frameworks including agriculture, construction, communications, education, environment, financial services, health, and veteran's affairs. We understand the legal, political and practical challenges associated with navigating an increasingly complex policy & regulatory environment.  Our multi-disciplinary, collaborative approach to analysis and problem-solving enables us to provide tailored, practical, targeted advice that accounts for complexity, while communicating advice & solutions in a meaningful, digestible and user-friendly way.

Bardach Consulting is a Canberra-based, small to medium enterprise, professional services company specialising in the delivery of consulting services to our Commonwealth clients. Our team of highly capable, CA and CPA qualified, security-cleared professionals bring a wealth of expertise and experience across various domains, including:

- Financial management 
- Internal budgeting
- External budgeting
- Financial analysis
- Financial operations
- Payroll remediation
- Financial business advice
- Financial statements preparation support and interpretation of accounting standards 
- Reporting improvements 
- Costings, cost modelling and cost recovery  
- Assets and capitalisation  
- Process improvement  
- Business case development.

Leeson Valuers, a division of Leeson & Co Pty Ltd, is a leader in real estate and personal asset/plant and equipment valuation services across the east coast of Australia. Our experienced team of certified valuers is led by Registered Valuer John Leeson, who brings over 34 years of experience to the table, ensuring precision and professionalism in every assessment.

We offer a comprehensive range of valuation services, catering to a diverse clientele that includes private individuals, commercial and corporate entities, accountants, solicitors, receivers, managers, trustees, and various government departments. Our expertise in providing valuations spans:
•    Residential and rural; Commercial and industrial; Compensation; Litigation.

MGI Joyce|Dickson is a trusted accounting and advisory firm providing practical, tailored financial solutions for businesses and individuals. We take pride in our professionalism, integrity, and personal approach, offering a full range of services including accounting, taxation, superannuation, audit, general insurance, and business advisory.

Our experienced team combines technical knowledge with a genuine understanding of our clients’ needs. We help them navigate complex financial matters, identify growth opportunities, and reach their long-term goals. At MGI Joyce|Dickson, we build strong, lasting relationships and deliver advice that makes a real difference, supporting our clients at every stage of their financial journey.

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.

Coras is not just a consultancy; we're a veteran-founded, employee-owned Crew providing cutting-edge advisory services to the public and private sector. We are passionate about business improvement, asset and project management, strategic procurement, regulatory compliance, and governance and assurance. Through the impactful work we do, our trailblazing consultants have developed a strong reputation in Defence and National Intelligence. We are trusted advisors, renowned for the calibre of our people and our track record of quality service delivery.

At the core of our business is an ethos of Thinking New, and the belief that a diversity of perspectives is the key to progress. We bring extensive knowledge, sound processes and, given our humanistic approach, awesome stakeholder management. Beyond their expertise, our team members are individuals of integrity, fostering collaborative relationships with our clients and partners. Our Crew is allergic to average, and is always on the lookout for innovative solutions to deliver real value to our clients.

Our success lies in enabling clients to thrive independently. We're committed to continuous improvement, investing in our team to uphold the highest standards. We offer extensive knowledge, robust and effective processes, and exemplary stakeholder management, all rooted in a deeply human approach. 

YouGov Australia delivers cutting-edge custom research, specialising in political, social, and market trends. Our extensive experience in conducting in-depth and impactful research, with expertise in Government and social research, ensures tailored insights to meet your unique needs.

Leveraging a global panel of over 27 million members, including 630,000+ Australian panellists, we provide accurate, representative samples. Our quantitative experts work closely with you to design and execute research aligned with your goals, using methodologies such as opinion polls, brand perception tracking, stakeholder sizing, and advanced analytics like segmentation and predictive modeling. We also offer streaming data and automated dashboards (e.g., Crunch) for real-time insights. Rigorous quality control, including real-time checks and comprehensive data cleaning, ensures reliable results.

We excel in exploring the "why", resulting in impactful storytelling and action-focused reporting. Our qualitative experts design and run focus groups, in-depth interviews, online diaries, and ethnographies to provide you with deep insights. We produce detailed and insightful reports, presentations, and workshops to ensure your studies are actionable and get traction.

Our proven track record includes accurately predicting major election outcomes and referendum results. We are fully compliant with GDPR and the Australian Privacy Act, ensuring your data's security and confidentiality. We are also ISO 20252 certified, highlighting our commitment to high-quality research standards.

Partner with YouGov for bespoke market research and intelligence that drives informed decision-making. Visit our website to learn more about how we can support your research objectives. 

Smarterknowledge is a data-driven strategic adviser working across Government, Healthcare, Aged Care, Social Services, Sporting Organisations, Not-for Profits, Financial Institutions, and Higher Education.

Services include:
- Competitor Analysis
- Customer & Marketing Strategy
- Geographic Strategy
- Measurement & Advocacy
- Strategy Consulting

All services are underpinned by advanced data integration and interactive dashboards that translate complex evidence into clear strategic insights.

Recent case studies with government include: 
- Impact framework, program logic and geographic assessment of public interventions
- Transforming performance reporting to impact measurement
- Geographic workforce optimisation

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.

McKinsey brings deep global expertise, independent insight, and specialist capability to help clients accelerate transformation, strengthen change management, and build enduring institutional capacity. 

For 60+ years in Australia, our local partners and 200 security-cleared colleagues have supported the APS with rigorous analysis, evidence-based problem-solving, and bipartisan commitment. Guided by values aligned with the APS, we act only in the national interest. Consulting is our core business—we do not provide tax, legal, accounting, audit or secondment services.

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 Academy of the Humanities is an independent, not-for-profit organisation which maintains a Fellowship of over 730 humanities leaders. The Academy routinely provides humanities expertise and advice on complex national and international matters at public, institutional and government levels - working both independently and as part of specially-convened multidisciplinary teams. Examples of recently authored reports include Australia’s China Knowledge Capability (2023) and Future Humanities Workforce (2023). Examples of recent reports where the Academy was a convening and/or contributing author include: the Rapid Research Report, Generative AI (for National Science and Technology Committee) (2023) and Ensuring Occupations are Responsive to People with Disability (for DSS) (2022).

You can access an extended list of of our publicly available research reports and activity via Our work – Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Bendelta is a leadership and organisational design management consultancy. We partner with clients to integrate strategy, culture, leadership, data-led insights and organisational architecture to enable meaningful transformation.

Our offerings:

Leadership and Capability Development - We design and deliver leadership programs to build confidence, facilitate sustainable learning, transformation and outcomes for emerging and experienced leaders. Our contemporary evidence-based methods enable leaders to optimise their ways of working, build positive team dynamics and drive performance to achieve organisational goals.

Strategy - We co-create common vision, purpose, values and mission for the organisation, and translate what that means for team/individual goals and ways of working.

Organisational Architecture - We help organisations re-design work and optimise team structures to deliver strategic outcomes.

Executive Coaching - Experienced Bendelta coaches embrace the ‘scientist-practitioner’ coaching approach, to coach leaders to unlock their potential, enhance performance, and achieve organisational goals.

Culture Review and Development - We work with organisations to challenge current ways-of-working and create a future-fit culture. We assess, co-create and embed a culture that enables the organisation to thrive.

Insights and Analytics - We combine the science and art of collecting and analysing data to measure organisational culture. Our analyses and recommendations enable organisations to make informed decisions about programs and people-processes. 
 

Australian Survey Research Group is a full-service market research company, as well as a software developer providing our secure online SaaS platform SurveyManager for enterprise surveys and data collection. We are specialists in conducting a range of customer and stakeholder feedback studies for our clients and have many years of experience working with a range of public sector engagements. We are flexible in our approach and work collaboratively with our clients to achieve the results they require. 

RP Infrastructure (RPI) is a leading provider of advisory, cost and project management services across the entire infrastructure spectrum.

Founded in 1994, RPI merged with Ranbury Management Group in 2023 to form a team of 350+ professionals, providing clients with integrated solutions across social, commercial, transport, utilities and energy infrastructure.  

Our highly experienced advisors and project managers have extensive industry knowledge and diverse backgrounds in architecture, design, engineering, quantity surveying, health planning and construction management, ensuring we have end-to-end expertise across all aspects of the project life cycle.

For 30 years, RPI has worked with many of Australia’s most influential brands and institutions from the government, private and not-for-profit sectors delivering city shaping and nation-building infrastructure.

Our service is driven by a collaborative approach based on strong partnerships. We are known for working closely with our clients and stakeholders to deliver high-profile, complex projects in the community.

With our focus on quality, we are dedicated to delivering extraordinary outcomes for our clients; converting visions to reality in the delivery of innovative and sustainable projects that offer functional, technical, commercial and aesthetic excellence. 
 

Duniya Consulting collaborates with clients to achieve impact through realistic program and project designs, meaningful monitoring and evaluation, and useful strategic and program implementation advice. Duniya works within Australia and internationally and supports work that improves our world, and the lives of the diverse people who live within it. Duniya aims to deliver practical program solutions based on connection, partnership and learning. We approach our projects with curiosity, openness and creativity, drawing on more than 25 years of experience across Australia, Asia, the Pacific and Africa to support impactful programs. Duniya Consulting is led by Sara Webb, also our lead consultant, who has formal qualifications in development studies, program evaluation, economics and organisational governance. We offer her services directly, and can also build tailored teams, drawing on our vibrant and diverse network of collaborators and partners. 

Duniya has a successful track record with diverse clients ranging from Australian government agencies to local NGOs and large international organisations. Thematically, our work has covered wide-ranging topics including tertiary and vocational education, governance, gender equality, educational access, climate change, food security, infrastructure, trade and humanitarian aid.

William Buck Advisors, proudly Australian-owned and operated for over 130 years, is a trusted advisor for Government and Business with offices in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.

Our comprehensive suite of services includes:

• Accounting & Advisory
• Taxation
• Financial and Performance Audits
• Forensic Accountancy

Our credentials:
Federal Government

• Australian Government Department of Finance, Management Advisory Services Panel.
• Australian National Audit Office Panel

NSW State Government

• Scheme SCN 0005 - Full Participation
• Audit Office of NSW

Successful Projects provide Program Management Advisory services for all phases of projects.

We add value at;

• Application for Concept Approval, informing proposal implementation timelines and milestones
• Business Case options development, evaluation, shortlisting, informing schedule opportunities of alternate procurement methodologies, risks, assumptions, constraints
• Project Definition Phase providing in-depth schedule analysis of the agreed option
• Delivery Phase including activities and timelines for design, approvals, procurement and implementation/construction

During Delivery phase, services include;

• informing schedule impacts of scope change
• supporting delivery of design, procurement and approvals to agreed milestones
• input to Contract documentation for program form, processes for schedule approval and schedule update, reporting requirements
• tender evaluation, providing advice regarding schedule, methodology and resourcing
• tender award, review Contractor’s delivery program to preliminaries specifications, scope, quality, risk
• independent progress updating 
• Reporting - succinct and effective dashboards 
• delay analysis including support to claims assessment

Our services support effective planning and controls, allowing for informed decision making supporting good project governance.

TRAINING

Comprehensive training services for planning and scheduling

Our Point of Difference - we explain the application of planning principles within delivery of projects.

Successful Projects;

• 25 expert personnel
• servicing all states and territories of Australia
• office locations Perth and Canberra
• Established 2011

We design and deliver practical services that benefit real people in the real world.

La Trobe University is dedicated to creating a future where health, safety, and equity form the cornerstone of thriving communities. Through interdisciplinary applied research, we tackle critical challenges across key domains:

• Healthcare and Aged Care Excellence: We lead advancements in clinical practice and social wellbeing, translating research into actionable improvements in healthcare outcomes and policy. Our commitment to equity drives inclusive health policies and interventions that enhance quality of life across diverse populations. Additionally, we foster lifelong wellbeing and safety in sports, promoting participation and performance for all.
• Social Policy and Evaluation: Understanding social dynamics, we address barriers to equity and social justice. Our research informs fairer educational, business, and civic systems, ensuring inclusive opportunities and amplifying diverse voices.
• Environmental Sustainability: At the forefront of ecosystem preservation, we study biodiversity and resilience to combat environmental threats, safeguarding landscapes and communities, and promoting sustainable agricultural practices.
• Understanding and Preventing Disease: Our researchers mitigate inequity and inform best practice by tracking the history of disease management, international policy and ethical implications.

La Trobe’s integrated approach and evidence-based solutions help build resilient communities and a sustainable future globally. Together, we forge pathways to a healthier, more equitable world, where every individual can thrive.

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.

The University of Canberra is a young civic university strategically located in Australia’s capital, delivering impactful applied research that addresses regional and global challenges. Our researchers have extensive experience consulting for Commonwealth and state/territory government agencies, shaping policy and programs. Key research areas include human and environmental health, sport and performance, climate and water, education and community development, arts and culture, and governance—driving innovation and evidence-based solutions.

Jacinta Galluzzo Consulting provides independent analysis and professional advice to government clients to inform and support policy development, implementation and review and otherwise support departments and agencies to achieve business objectives. Services include:

• Reviewing and analysing legislation and policies to provide strategic advice on reform options, implementation requirements and strategies, and possible improvements to compliance outcomes under key pieces of Commonwealth legislation.
• Undertaking research to identify and define policy/regulatory problems and scope options to address them, preparing reports outlining findings and recommendations.
• Analysing legal and regulatory frameworks to inform policy development and implementation.
• Advising on stakeholder engagement strategies to support policy development, implementation and review and designing and facilitating stakeholder engagement processes.

Founder Jacinta Galluzzo has extensive expertise advising ministers, senior officials and government departments and agencies on complex public policy and regulatory reform issues, developed during her 17-year career in the Australian Public Service where as an SES officer she led multi-stakeholder and cross-jurisdictional projects to deliver nationally-significant reforms. Jacinta is an experienced public policy practitioner able to apply highly-developed critical and analytical thinking to assess complex policy and project problems and present clear, concise and fit-for-purpose analysis and advice to clients to facilitate decision-making to achieve results.

Atturra Advisory and Consulting (Atturra Advisory) is the strategic consulting arm of Atturra, a publicly listed, sovereign-owned advisory and IT solutions provider with almost 1,000 employees and a national footprint across Australia. Supporting the Australian Government for over 20 years, we have established ourselves as a leading strategic management advisory firm. With a deep understanding of the unique operating environment of the public sector and its key pain points, Atturra Advisory is trusted to provide practical, independent advice to senior executives across government at strategic, operational, and tactical levels.

We offer a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including strategy development to help government agencies achieve their long-term objectives, enterprise governance to ensure effective and compliant operations, risk management to protect operations and assets, and process improvement to enhance efficiency. These services enable us to deliver tailored, impactful solutions that meet the unique needs of the public sector.

Leveraging our connection to our parent company, Atturra, we provide end-to-end organisational transformation capabilities at any stage of the maturity cycle. Atturra’s offerings include advisory, cloud business solutions, business applications, data and analytics, and managed services. Additionally, as an ASX-listed entity, we comply with ASIC’s stringent governance requirements, ensuring commercial sustainability and integrity.

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.
 

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is a leading authority on strategic policy, national security, cyber, technology, and foreign interference issues. With offices in Canberra and Washington DC, our experts offer extensive experience across the following sectors: Defence, strategy and national security, statecraft, and intelligence, cyber, technology and security, climate change and security, Northern Australia and critical resources.

ASPI offers a range of professional services to public, private and civil society sectors including, but not limited to advisory services, policy research, data analysis, impact assessments, seminars, symposiums, round-table discussions and Track 1.5 and Track 2.0 dialogues.

Our Professional Development Centre was established to contribute to the Australian policy landscape by broadening understanding and lifting capability in strategic thinking among officials across government. We design, develop, and deliver short, intense, and interactive programs ranging from one-day to ten-days including our better policy program and strategic leadership programs that explore contemporary issues such as great power competition, regional relationships, Defence and national security, climate change, grey zone and political warfare, cyber security etc. We also offer virtual masterclasses and facilitation services, drawing expertise from across ASPI staff, ASPI Senior Fellows and a national network of experts in their field.

Galpins are a strong firm of 50+ staff. With our Lead Partner initially trained in Performance Audit at the Australian National Audit Office and with subsequent consulting experience in Canberra, our team have an exceptional track record. Our work spans internal audit and assurance, governance, strategy and improvement, compliance and fraud. We’d love to work with you and show you that smaller can be better – we are qualified, skilled, directly available to you and provide a value for money service. Key examples –

• extensive internal audit- eg procurement, grants, financial controls, legislative compliance, asset management, sub-contractors, program/project reviews, debtor management , staff management (eg payroll, workforce planning)
• compliance/fraud reviews (on behalf of SA ICAC, reviews of governance relationships within councils, extensive reviews of procurement/adequacy of provider processes)
• business strategy, performance and improvement - service and performance reviews, including process mapping with an eye for a pragmatic balance of control and efficiency, development of strategies for clients (eg procurement strategy), strategic analysis and plans, service design. 

We also work with a variety of clients (predominantly within SA) across fields – education, primary industry, environment, regulation (eg essential services), local government, arts.

We’d love to work with you, please reach out!

Axiom Associates is a specialist assurance and advisory firm delivering solutions for federal government clients that operate in complex environments, who are seeking high-quality independent support. We’re dynamic and nimble, and have been a consultancy of choice for Australian Government entities since 2006, advising on significant and diverse programs and initiatives.

Based in Canberra, Axiom brings:

• A strong and dedicated team: We invest the time to understand the nuances of our clients, their operating context and risk exposures – to provide insights and solutions that are viable and add value, not just additional process.
• Bespoke methodologies: Our services have been built off our deep experience in providing a wide range of services to government, tailored to the subject matter.
  Tailored and practical approaches: We deliver powerful, evidence-based outcomes that ‘raise the bar’ for professional services.
• Knowledge transfer: We partner with clients to provide insights on emerging trends, risks and issues – and offer broader capability development through the provision of training, integrated delivery and mentoring opportunities.

At Axiom, our mission is to provide our clients with superior assurance and advisory solutions, with a commitment to excellence, transparency and continuous growth.

We look forward to the opportunity of working with you.

Ruth Bayley draws on her substantial experience of government procurement to deliver practical advice that helps clients to undertake their procurement processes in ways that achieve results whilst also demonstrating compliance with the procurement policy and legislative framework. Ruth holds a PhD from QUT which examines the explanations given by corrupt public officials and suppliers for their corrupt behaviour in Australian public sector procurement processes. Her research informs Ruth’s strategic procurement and probity advising.

Ruth is committed to providing prompt, well-reasoned, practical, and independent advice for clients. She firmly believes that clients engage her to identify potential process, probity and reputational risks and help them to devise practical plans to manage or mitigate these, even if that is sometimes uncomfortable or challenging. She takes this obligation most seriously.

Ruth provides advice promptly, recognising how stressful waiting for advice can be for clients If possible in the circumstances, she provides clients with multiple options to consider, so that clients can choose the approaches that suit them. However, Ruth always provides the advice needed in the circumstances, even if this may not necessarily be what the client “wants to hear”. Ruth works cooperatively with other members of the procurement team and advisers.

elevenM is a specialist consulting firm helping you mitigate digital risks and build trust, with our service offerings across cyber security, privacy, AI and data governance, strategic communications, awareness and training. Our mission is to build trust in the online world. 

With Australian organisations collecting, handling and storing more data than ever before, and uses digital technologies in more innovative ways than ever before, managing data and the information environment is now a significant challenge. This challenge crosses the increasing community and regulatory expectations in privacy, the rapidly evolving threat landscape in cyber, and the increasing data holding associated with the digital economy.

Adding to that, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are taking businesses by storm. But making the most of these technologies requires a structured and rigorous approach to understanding and mitigating their risks.

Our team spans and closes these gaps, bringing together Australia’s leading (and multi-disciplinary) cyber security, privacy, and information, data and AI governance experts, to ensure your digital challenges and data risks are considered holistically, with an expert view across the entire field. 

As well as breadth of experience in the industry, the elevenM team brings extensive experience across both the public and private sectors.