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Big Four consulting firms ‘operating in the shadows for too long’ as Senate committee demands new rules for government contracts

Big Four consulting firms ‘operating in the shadows for too long’ as Senate committee demands new rules for government contracts

A Senate committee is calling on PwC to disclose the “names and positions” of the staff involved in its controversial tax leaks scandal. It also said new clauses were needed in government contracts that explicitly require consulting firms to act in the public interest when they provide services to government. The requests form part of...

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Treasurer tips hat to Australian public servants who built the global economy

Treasurer tips hat to Australian public servants who built the global economy

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has used a pre-Budget address to salute the role of Australian public servants in setting up the Bretton Woods System. Driven by one of history’s most influential economists, John Maynard Keynes, the Bretton Woods conference reforged the global economy in the wake of World War II through the creation of the Global...