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‘Extremely disappointed’: WA government seeks reimbursement from Deloitte over flawed university report

By Krishani Dhanji and Josh Taylor · The Guardian Technology · · Original article ↗

State paid consultancy firm $166,000 for feasibility study on merging the three tertiary institutions

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The Western Australian government has said it is “extremely disappointed” and is seeking an “expedited” cost recovery from Deloitte after errors were discovered in a report about a potential university merger, including AI-hallucinated references and hundreds of millions of dollars in cost discrepancies.

The government paid Deloitte $166,000 for a feasibility study on merging the University of Western Australia, Curtin University and Murdoch University.

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