PwC tax leak scandal not isolated to Australia, senators claim Accounting firm says no evidence confidential information used by partners outside Australia for commercial gain The Guardian - AU · Sep 28, 2023
PwC scandal: Australian Tax Office tried to get federal police to investigate in 2018 Tax office tells Senate committee it did not have the investigative powers to secure enough evidence from consultancy firm, hampering efforts to persuade federal police to investigate The Guardian - AU · Aug 8, 2023
PM will push national cabinet for public holiday if Australia make final – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2023
‘I’m incredibly privileged’: Deloitte Australia’s CEO says he’s not worth his $2.3 million pay package at public hearing Adam Powick admitted to being overpaid at a public hearing that is part of a larger inquiry into the integrity of consulting firms following a tax scandal at PwC. Fortune · Jul 17, 2023
Deloitte declines to tell Senate which government department’s information it leaked internally Greens senator repeatedly asks firm to reveal which department was implicated but question taken on notice The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2023
PwC announces it will cease donations to political parties as part of attempt to rebuild reputation Consulting firm’s self-imposed ban follows scandal over misuse of confidential government tax information The Guardian - AU · Jul 10, 2023
Federal government suspends major aged care contract with PwC Exclusive: Suspension of audit program shows existing arrangements in line of fire along with future contracts, as fallout from tax scandal continues The Guardian - AU · Jun 28, 2023
KPMG Australia launches internal review after potential conflict-of-interest concerns raised The federal government has paid the firm to audit aged care facilities while a separate division charges providers for advice on audits The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2023
PwC appoints new Australian CEO with plans to sell off government consultancy work for $1 Scandal-plagued firm announces Kevin Burrowes as new head of Australian division The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2023
What is the PwC tax scandal? Who is Peter-John Collins? Who knew about it? Why does it matter? Consulting giant PwC is embroiled in a scandal of its own doing, having used confidential government information to benefit its bottom line. Here's how it happened, and what consequences the firm is facing. ABC News · Jun 4, 2023
PwC Australia scandal: what actually happened and will it be fatal for the advisory firm? The Australian affiliate of PricewaterhouseCoopers is subject to a police investigation in a crisis that could have global implications The Guardian - AU · May 31, 2023
Michael Pascoe: Waiting for other PwC shoes to drop all over Canberra To mix my metaphors, there is a footlocker of shoes yet to drop from the PricewaterhouseCoopers scandal – and not on PwC. The New Daily · May 30, 2023
Treasury referred PwC to AFP after ‘clearly disturbing’ emails revealed, Senate hears Senator Barbara Pocock has requested PwC release the names of partners understood to be involved, saying she is ‘confident they will reach the public’ The Guardian - AU · May 30, 2023
PwC internal review of tax leak ‘continues the cover-up’, Australian senator says Labor’s Deborah O’Neill says it’s not enough for company to ‘share summary of key recommendations’, amid calls for AFP investigation The Guardian - AU · May 17, 2023
The Guardian - AU · May 15, 2023 GPs aiding international student agents to exploit Australian visa ‘loophole’, inquiry hears Agents earn extra commission by shuffling foreign students between providers in what Labor calls an unethical ‘shadow economy’
The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2023 ‘Disgraceful breach of trust’: how PwC, one of the world’s biggest accountancy firms, became mired in a tax scandal PricewaterhouseCoopers used government secrets to help clients in Australia and the US avoid tax – a scandal that has forced resignations and threatens contracts worth hundreds of millions
Evening Standard · May 10, 2023 London NHS Trust failures contributed to woman taking her own life, inquest concludes Care given to Michelle O’Neill by Oxleas NHS Trust in the year up to her death described as ‘disjointed and reactive’
The Guardian - AU · May 9, 2023 Labor senator accuses PwC of ‘deception and betrayal’ in misuse of Treasury information Deborah O’Neill has also raised concerns that other consultancy firms may have engaged in similar practices without being detected
The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2022 Cryptocurrency exchange Swyftx axes 90 jobs with CEO blaming aftershocks of FTX collapse Company expects further significant drops in trade and ‘the potential for more black swan-type events’
ABC News · May 17, 2022 Labor promises to establish 50 urgent care clinics around nation if elected Labor promises to create 50 urgent care clinics across regional Australia if elected, but doctors on the NSW-Victorian border say what Albury and Wodonga need is a new hospital.
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