Overview

• A revised report now explicitly notes an Azure OpenAI GPT-4o–based tool chain hosted on the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations’ Azure tenancy was used in early drafting.
• Corrections removed fabricated academic references and a false quotation attributed to Federal Court Justice Jennifer Davies, including a misspelling of her name.
• Deloitte and DEWR said the fixes do not alter the report’s substantive findings or recommendations, and the firm says the matter is resolved with the client.
• The company agreed to return part of its fee, with coverage citing both a $290,000 payment and an A$440,000 contract value, while Senator Barbara Pocock is calling for a full refund.
• The episode follows media disclosures by University of Sydney researcher Chris Rudge and has intensified scrutiny of consultants’ AI governance and Deloitte’s quality controls.