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Senate hears details of PwC attempts to deflect investigations into tax leak scandal

Inquiry told of consultancy’s use of tens of thousands of claims of client privilege to avoid scrutiny

The Guardian - AU

Consultancy firms to face scrutiny of Senate inquiry

A Senate inquiry will explore the interaction of consultants and government departments at a public hearing, as the PwC tax advice scandal continues.

The New Daily

Grattan on Friday: the PwC scandal should be ripe for the National Anti-Corruption Commission's attention

By coincidence, the furore around the consultancy firm PwC is raging just as the National Anti-Corruption Commission is gearing up for its start of business on July 1.

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PwC asked to hand over more information amid new investigation into leaking of tax information

PriceWaterHouse Coopers insists it will comply with a request to hand over information to the Tax Practitioners Board looking into the leaking of confidential treasury documents.

ABC News

PwC tax leak scandal: Greens senator accuses police of conducting ‘inadequate desktop assessment’

Barbara Pocock’s remarks in Senate estimates come as Australian Taxation Office and AFP blame each other for inaction in 2019

The Guardian - AU

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

‘I don’t know’: Finance Minister’s honest admission about PwC tax scandal

The government cannot directly say if it can stop doing business with PwC, a firm whose ex-CEO allegedly leaked Australian tax secrets.

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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

PwC failing to name all 53 partners in tax leak scandal would amount to ‘coverup’, Labor senator says

Deborah O’Neill made the warning after the consulting firm claimed to have ‘ringfenced’ its government work

The Guardian - AU

Senator alleges 'perception of contamination' as police investigate firm working inside its buildings

The Australian Federal Police has reasserted its ability to effectively investigate a former member of PwC, as the firm completes millions of dollars worth of contracts working alongside AFP staff.

ABC News

Greens seek to release list of names in PwC tax leak

A Greens attempt to publicly release a list of names of people the party says were involved in the PwC tax leak has been temporarily stymied pending advice.

AAP

Robodebt bureaucrat given role before evidence revealed

Penny Wong has defended the appointment of a bureaucrat who oversaw the rollout of the disastrous robodebt scheme.

AAP

Penny Wong gives qualified defence of robodebt official’s $900,000 Aukus role

Kathryn Campbell appointment made before royal commission evidence went ‘beyond what was envisaged’

The Guardian - AU

Doubts over whether federal anti-corruption body could investigate PwC scandal

Legal experts say those at the heart of the allegations could escape the Nacc’s scrutiny on a technicality

The Guardian - AU

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The Guardian - AU

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

‘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

The Guardian - AU

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

ABC News

PwC Australia CEO Tom Seymour steps down after tax documents leak scandal

PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia chief executive Tom Seymour stands down as the consulting firm feels the fallout of a partner betraying the trust of its biggest client: the federal government.

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Federal budget: White Pages listings, payments to tax havens and the weird contracts within

The federal government spends about $650 billion a year. Where some of it goes will surprise you.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: royals’ wealth exposed, Inland Rail blowout, Putin’s paranoid lifestyle

New Guardian investigation sheds light on the more than £1bn in income the royal family made from controversial estates

ABC News

The four-day week seems impossible — an employee's dream. So why is it working?

A UK trial of the four-day week found it made companies more money and staff happier and healthier, while businesses in an Australian trial are already making it permanent.

AAP

Four-day week trial on cards to ease work-care juggle

A parliamentary committee has called for comprehensive reforms to help people navigate work and caring responsibilities, including a trial of a shorter week.

The Guardian - AU

Labor and Greens senators back four-day work week

Committee members support a suite of policies that would radically adjust Australians’ work-life balance

The Guardian - AU

Greens to push Labor to fast-track 26 weeks of paid parental leave and pay superannuation on it

Party joins chorus of super funds and crossbenchers who want to use government’s tax concessions bill to call for broader changes

ABC News

Why is JobSeeker going to be reviewed? Will it go up?

Starting next year, the income support payments that millions of Australians rely on will be scrutinised by an expert committee, but the government is making it clear that while it will listen to its advice, it won't necessarily follow it.

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