Here’s a concise, up-to-date shortlist of top‑rated digital consultancies and digital practices operating in Australia (mix of global firms with strong local digital practices plus leading specialist agencies). I’ve included a one‑line specialty and a source for each entry.

Sources used to compile this shortlist: Consultancy.com.au (Australia digital rankings) and Clutch’s Australia agency listings, plus each firm’s Australia pages and industry coverage. (consultancy.com.au, clutch.co)

Large/global consultancies with leading Australian digital practices

• Accenture Song (Accenture) — end‑to‑end CX, creative + digital engineering at scale (marketing, commerce, data & AI). (Accenture.com, theaustralian.com.au)
• Deloitte Digital — customer experience, digital transformation, cloud and large enterprise digital engineering. (adnews.com.au, jobs.deloitte.com.au)
• PwC Australia (Digital/Transformation) — strategy + technology delivery for enterprise digital transformation and data. (PwC.com.au)
• EY (EY Studio+/formerly EY‑Seren) — service & product design, experience design and transformation integrated with EY advisory. (ey-seren.com, consultancy.uk)
• KPMG Digital (KPMG Australia) — digital strategy, data/AI, platforms and experience engineering for enterprises. (kpmg.com)
• McKinsey Digital (McKinsey Australia) — digital strategy, product build, data & transformation at C‑suite scale. (mckinsey.com, consultancy.uk)
• Capgemini Invent (Capgemini) — innovation, product design and digital engineering across cloud and data platforms. (arnnet.com.au)
• Thoughtworks — product engineering, cloud‑native platforms and modern software delivery / AI engineering. (thoughtworks.com)

Leading specialist digital consultancies & creative/experience agencies (Australia)

• Merkle / Dentsu (CXM & digital transformation) — data‑driven customer experience and digital transformation capabilities in ANZ. (dentsu.com, mumbrella.com.au)
• AKQA (WPP) — experience design, product innovation and creative technology across Sydney/Melbourne. (mumbrella.com.au, lbbonline.com)
• R/GA — digital product, brand transformation and content/experience engineering with APAC hub in Sydney. (rga.com, consultancy.com.au)
• Alley Group — Australian performance marketing, e‑commerce and data‑driven digital marketing (fast‑growing local specialist).