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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
ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland says companies should benchmark themselves against the findings from the corporate regulator’s report.

Whistleblowing rates are low in Australia, but one sector does it best

While 70 per cent of disclosures are made through whistleblower webpages and hotlines, a swath of Australian businesses do not have them.

  • Millie Muroi
ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle has been spared jail time.

ATO whistleblower escapes jail time and conviction

Former debt collection officer Richard Boyle exposed allegations of aggressive debt collection practices at the government agency seven years ago.

  • Brittany Busch
Bradley will have to go to court to prove he has been falsely accused of littering.

A ‘dob-in’ scheme nailed Brad for flicking a cigarette butt. He swears he didn’t do it

Bradley believes he’s been mistakenly hit with a $500 fine after being accused of tossing a cigarette butt from his car by a Perth council rewarding volunteers with prizes for dobbing in litterers.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
Alice Dawkins is the executive director at Reset Tech Australia, a lobby group dedicated to countering misinformation.

Tech whistleblowers urged to come forward and expose corporate wrongdoing

Despite high-profile cases such as WiseTech and Grok Academy, Australia has yet to experience the “whistleblowing wave” sweeping through Silicon Valley and Europe.

  • David Swan
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Paramedic Jim Avard’s rolled ambulance.

Ambulance service denies sacking whistleblower over rollover picture that exposed fatigue crisis

Andrew Bishop went to the aid of a paramedic who tipped his van after an 18-hour shift. The picture he took caused a public backlash for Ambulance Victoria. He’s now been sacked.

  • Heidi Murphy
Forensic scientist Dr Kirsty Wright at a media conference on Tuesday.

Whistleblower set to oversee DNA lab reform if LNP wins election

A whistleblower who exposed a state-run forensic lab’s failures has claimed the Queensland government rejected her offer to help, describing it as “attacking the messenger”.

  • Fraser Barton and Savannah Meacham
Commonwealth Financial Planning whistleblower Jeff Morris campaigned for the Hayne royal commission.

Need more than a warm inner glow: Call to pay whistleblowers

The man whose actions led to the banking royal commission has backed an inquiry’s call for whistleblowers to be paid, saying it will encourage more to come forward.

  • Shane Wright
The odd couple. Pamela Anderson and Julian Assange.

The real winner out of Assange’s freedom from prison? Pamela Anderson

From sharing vegan snacks in the Ecuadorian embassy to downplaying rumours of a romance, the former Baywatch actor was one of the first celebrities to support Julian Assange.

  • Thomas Mitchell