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KPMG has been thrown into turmoil after allegations from a whistleblower.

KPMG hit with de facto ban on new government contracts

The consulting giant has effectively been banned from new federal government work while the Department of Finance reviews its suitability as a contractor.

  • Colin Kruger

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Cricket Australia chairman Mike Baird has been called up before a parliamentary committee investigating the KPMG whistleblower scandal. He was a member of the KPMG board which pushed for more scrutiny of the allegations.

Scandalised KPMG faces parliamentary house of horrors

Some of Australia’s most powerful people, including former NSW premier Mike Baird, have been ordered to appear at a public inquiry in Canberra into the growing whistleblower scandal at KPMG.

  • Colin Kruger
KPMG has been thrown into turmoil after whistleblower allegations.

The whistle that blew away KPMG’s aura as the guardians of financial credibility

The accounting and consulting giant became embroiled in scandal after whistleblower allegations of illicit sharing of data.

  • Colin Kruger
KPMG has been embroiled in a major corporate scandal.

Queensland demands assurances from scandal-plagued KPMG

The Queensland government, along with other states, wrote to the embattled firm to confirm contracts worth tens of millions of dollars were managed appropriately.

  • James Hall
KPMG’s former CEO Andrew Yates resigned with immediate effect last week.

KPMG faces first major client loss from whistleblower scandal

Just days after cutting ties with its CEO, KPMG faces the loss of a major corporate client with Lendlease triggering a process to end a relationship dating back to the 1950s.

  • Colin Kruger
KPMG chief executive Andrew Yates during a parliamentary hearing in 2024.

KPMG CEO resigns as whistleblower scandal erupts

The consulting group has lost its top two executives after confirming another case where confidential customer information was allegedly shared for financial gain.

  • Colin Kruger and Millie Muroi
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Shaun Drummond, then acting Queensland Health director general while on leave from Deloitte, pictured leaving the state’s Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing in Queensland in 2022.

Former health boss’s firm wraps up consulting gig in old digs – for now

This week in our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus: extra cash for Metro North’s key consultants, (at least one) Education pay rise, question time bubbly, and more.

  • Matt Dennien, James Hall and Cameron Atfield
The Queensland government wants to connect Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, via a rail and light rail alternative dubbed ‘The Wave’.

Opposition raises concerns over transport project’s contract roles

The transport department has revealed it awarded commercial roles on “The Wave” to members of a new consulting firm who recently left another government agency.

  • Matt Dennien
The Queensland government wants to connect Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, via a rail and light rail alternative dubbed ‘The Wave’.

The curious case of The Wave contractors and a new consulting firm

This week on our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus: a major project brings in the consultants, a harder question for human rights HQ, brand 2.0, and more.

  • Matt Dennien and James Hall
Executive assistant jobs have been cut in Australia and sent offshore by KPMG.

The end of the executive assistant? Corporate giant shifts roles to the Philippines

One of the country’s largest consultancies plans to offshore about 200 executive assistant positions to South-East Asia.

  • Millie Muroi