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New inquiry targets audit sector following PwC scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
... following PwC's tax leak scandal. Undertaken by the Joint Standing Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Senator Deborah O'Neill advised the inquiry will review Australia's big four auditors, but not solely. "I advise that the ...

Senate Committee rethinks franking credit changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... fiscal benefits touted in Schedule 5 of the proposed bill, critics have harboured concerns of unintended consequences. Senator Andrew Bragg raised the alarm over how the proposed changes might damage investment levels in Australia. "The proposal is bad ...

TPB grilled over handling of PwC scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... and with integrity. Appearing in Canberra yesterday, TPB chief executive Peter de Cure faced aggressive questioning by Senator Barbara Pocock who ultimately wanted to know why PwC hasn't been suspended as a tax practitioner over its "conspiracy to profit ...

APRA probes super fund payments to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... offered value for money to the fund's members as well as the general appropriateness of these payments. In questioning Cole, Senator Andrew Bragg alluded to a specific instance involving a $2.5 million payment form a "relatively small" super fund to ...

More PwC staff to go, will remain anonymous

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... anyone who is found to have breached confidentiality or failed in their leadership duties," she added. In an interview, Senator Deborah O'Neill told the ABC PwC has simply sent nine people on an "extended holiday." "I think what we have seen is a ...

New Australian digital assets bill to regulate crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
Crypto regulation in Australia has taken a giant leap, with Senator Andrew Bragg unveiling the Digital Assets (Market Regulation) Bill 2023. The Digital Assets Bill 2023 aims to transform Australia's digital asset landscape by implementing a robust ...

Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... recommendation by the Senate work and care committee to trial a four-day work week at full pay. The committee, chaired by Greens senator Barbara Peacock, proposed the Fair Work Commission should review the operation of the current 38-hour work week. ...

Senate inquiry to scrutinise proposed franking credit rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... distributions funded by capital raisings, without "significantly changing" the entity's financial position. However, Liberal senator Andrew Bragg said the Bill is a "dangerous" and "underhanded" measure to stop the payment of franked dividends in ...

ASIC dodges PGPA investigation questioning

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
At a hearing this morning, Senator Andrew Bragg called out ASIC chair Joe Longo after he opted not to answer questions about ASIC commissioners investigated under the Public Governance Performance and Accountability (PGPA) Act. Fronting the Senate Economics ...

I know it's hard, but it could be harder: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... high and stays too high, meaning even higher interest rates and lower employment." However, not everyone was convinced. Senator McKim fired back, saying Australians took on mass debt following Lowe's recommendation that interest rates were unlikely ...