Canberra Consulting

This Canberra business and IT consultancy works almost entirely with the Federal Government. Its clients are Australian Public Service agencies and Defence teams. Alongside AI, it offers management consulting, personnel services, cyber security, cloud and data science work.

Its AI practice puts governance ahead of tools. The firm runs AI impact assessments that test each use case against the APS AI Plan and the whole-of-government policy on responsible AI use. It helps agencies name accountable officers, keep registers of their AI systems and record decisions so they stand up to internal audit, the ANAO and parliamentary review. Its Capability Adoption model converts policy obligations into steps that agencies can repeat.

The firm also builds role-based training and change programs, so staff gain AI literacy, data skills and sound ethical judgement. It consults staff and unions as part of that change. Platform choice comes last: the team reviews the problem, policy settings and data first, then helps select secure, explainable and auditable systems, from data curation through to analytics and generative AI. It works with Booka and Nuix to supply curated, trusted data sets.