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Consultancy firm boasted ‘unfettered access’ to Defence, national security agencies
Having won tens of millions of dollars worth of consulting work, this Canberra consultancy felt it was in the box seat for plenty more.
- by Nick McKenzie and David Crowe
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The big four are on the nose, but the stench is coming from elsewhere
If the Senate inquiry ends up targeting the practice of consulting instead of the structural rot, government agencies will lose more than the taxpayer gains.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
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PwC tax scandal
Pay, sexual harassment and fraud claims put heat on consulting industry
PwC was not the only one in the firing line this week as a Senate inquiry revealed multimillion-dollar pay packets and a lack of disclosure on wrongdoing.
- by Colin Kruger and Rachel Clun
Queensland government spent $790K on Olympics report from Deloitte
The Queensland state government paid consulting firm Deloitte hundreds of thousands of dollars to decide how it should set up its Olympics delivery authority.
‘Threat to the nation’: Further questions for Deloitte over former partner leaks
A senate committee will consider recalling Deloitte for public questioning after leaked emails came to light involving a former partner from the consulting giant.
- by Rachel Clun
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Ex-Deloitte partner used confidential Defence documents to win work for his new business
Controversial consultant David Milo used material he obtained as a partner at Deloitte to further his private interests after he left the firm.
- by Nick McKenzie and David Crowe
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Commonwealth Games
Government stuff-up or consultant spin: Who’s responsible for the Games debacle?
The internationally embarrassing episode of Victoria ditching the 2026 Commonwealth Games is surely the point at which satire meets reality.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Aussie advertising star buys back stake from ailing PwC
Award-winning Australian ad agency Thinkerbell has agreed to a “corporate conscious uncoupling” with the embattled professional services firm.
- by Calum Jaspan
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Big four consultants inquiry brings back ghosts of banking royal commission
It’s hard to imagine others in the industry don’t have skeletons that they would rather keep buried.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Former PwC partner resigns from Board of Taxation
Anthony Klein, who got swept up in the tax scandal engulfing the big four consulting firm, has resigned from the highly influential Board of Taxation.
- by Colin Kruger and Rachel Clun
Deloitte chief refuses to disclose when he learnt of allegedly fraudulent investment scheme
It emerged during a Senate hearing that an internal investigation at Deloitte found 12 partners personally invested in the scheme run by former partner Amberjit Endow, but no internal policies were breached.
- by Simone Fox Koob and Nick McKenzie