Powerful US and UK committees lobbied to pressure PwC to release report sought in Australia Exclusive: Richard Colbeck urged counterparts to seek document used to clear firm’s partners of wrongdoing The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2023
PwC partner at centre of tax advice scandal banned by Asic for eight years Financial regulator finds Peter John Collins is ‘not a fit and proper person to provide financial services’ The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2023
'Totally unacceptable': PwC boss sorry for tax scandal The new head of PwC Australia has apologised at a Senate hearing for the firm's role in passing on confidential Treasury information to private sector clients. AAP · Oct 12, 2023
PwC Australia blocked from breaking up business by global management in 2018, Senate inquiry hears Former CEO Luke Sayers says ‘Project Kookaburra’ sought to sell off consultancy business amid concerns about conflicts of interests The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2023
‘This is not over’: Treasury flags further action against PwC Australia over additional breaches of confidence Exclusive: Move comes after firm admits partner forwarded papers related to confidential consultation with treasury and ATO officials to colleagues The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2023
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
Beyond the PwC scandal, there’s a growing case for a royal commission into Australia’s ruthless corporate greed Accounting and consulting group PwC has been front page news ever since its chief executive Tim Seymour stepped down “effectively immediately” in May, when the firm said it had “betrayed the trust” of Australians and promised an independent review of its governance, accountability and culture. The Conversation · Sep 28, 2023
PwC Australia reveals more breaches on heels of scathing report into consultancy scandal Firm releases ‘statement of facts’ alongside Switkowski review making further admissions about government consultation work The Guardian - AU · Sep 27, 2023
PwC’s ‘rainmaker’ partners often pursue profits ahead of ethics, scathing review finds Internal review led by former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski finds ‘whatever it takes’ culture at accounting firm contributed to serious ethical failure The Guardian - AU · Sep 27, 2023
PwC to restructure board as report into consultancy scandal released PwC Australia will also commit to publishing audited financial statements The Guardian - AU · Sep 26, 2023
Consultancy firm used ‘power maps’ of Australian officials to help win government contracts Accenture’s Peter Burns tells Senate the documents identifying key decision-makers and influence leaders have been used to tender for work The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2023
PwC partners to be paid £906,000 this year Payment to more than 1,000 UK workers is slight fall on last year’s £1m record as profits decline despite rising revenues The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023
PwC charged health department to provide ‘risk management’ workshop in weeks before scandal Exclusive: Consultancy firm ran event at Department of Health and Aged Care in December, days before former PwC partner was banned by tax advice regulator The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2023
National cabinet announces housing plan – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2023 PwC did not disclose any conflicts of interest before winning aged care auditing contract Consulting firm’s contract to audit the Morrison government’s workforce bonus program remains suspended, department confirms
The Guardian - AU · Aug 11, 2023 PwC lost track of number of client privilege claims allegedly used to stymie ATO investigations Consulting firm couldn’t say how many times its former general counsel was involved in privilege claims made to tax office, Senate inquiry hears
The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2023 Finance department hires consultant to advise on hiring consultants in move compared to ABC’s Utopia Exclusive: Department’s $32,000 contract, which comes after PwC tax leak scandal, slammed as ‘laughable scenario’
The Guardian - AU · Jul 26, 2023 PwC scandal: PwC Australia reached confidential settlement with ATO months before tax scandal fallout revealed Embattled consultancy would not divulge details of deal, which was struck two months before the federal government referred the matter to the AFP
AAP · Jul 3, 2023 Deal done for under-fire PwC government consulting arm PwC Australia and Allegro Funds have agreed terms for the sale of the former's government consultancy business to the private equity firm for a nominal $1.
The Conversation · Jun 28, 2023 You can't buy much for $1, except maybe a global company. Why PwC could be sold for less than the price of a stamp In a move that has taken the business world by surprise, PwC Australia this week offloaded its government consultancy business to Allegro Funds for just $1.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 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 New Daily · Jun 25, 2023 PwC drops all government business and picks up a new CEO A new CEO has been parachuted into embattled consultancy PwC Australia, which is offloading its government consultancy business for $1.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 6, 2023 PwC Australia scandal: $27m river modelling contract referred to audit body Murray-Darling Basin Authority seeks assurances that confidential information has not been compromised
ABC News · Jun 4, 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.
The Guardian - AU · May 31, 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