The New South Wales government spent $400,000 on consultants’ reports before the outsourcing of a Sydney Water asset revealed in an explosive tranche of documents, which Labor has used to accuse the Coalition of wanting to privatise the utility.
Annual reports published by the state-owned corporation reveal the consultancy firm KPMG was paid in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years for advice on an advanced water recycling centre in Kemps Creek.
