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Treasury referred PwC to AFP after ‘clearly disturbing’ emails revealed, Senate hears

Senator Barbara Pocock has requested PwC release the names of partners understood to be involved, saying she is ‘confident they will reach the public’

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PwC failing to name all 53 partners in tax leak scandal would amount to ‘coverup’, Labor senator says

Deborah O’Neill made the warning after the consulting firm claimed to have ‘ringfenced’ its government work

The Guardian - AU

Senator alleges 'perception of contamination' as police investigate firm working inside its buildings

The Australian Federal Police has reasserted its ability to effectively investigate a former member of PwC, as the firm completes millions of dollars worth of contracts working alongside AFP staff.

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Greens seek to release list of names in PwC tax leak

A Greens attempt to publicly release a list of names of people the party says were involved in the PwC tax leak has been temporarily stymied pending advice.

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Robodebt bureaucrat given role before evidence revealed

Penny Wong has defended the appointment of a bureaucrat who oversaw the rollout of the disastrous robodebt scheme.

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Penny Wong gives qualified defence of robodebt official’s $900,000 Aukus role

Kathryn Campbell appointment made before royal commission evidence went ‘beyond what was envisaged’

The Guardian - AU

Doubts over whether federal anti-corruption body could investigate PwC scandal

Legal experts say those at the heart of the allegations could escape the Nacc’s scrutiny on a technicality

The Guardian - AU

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PwC internal review of tax leak ‘continues the cover-up’, Australian senator says

Labor’s Deborah O’Neill says it’s not enough for company to ‘share summary of key recommendations’, amid calls for AFP investigation

The Guardian - AU

‘Disgraceful breach of trust’: how PwC, one of the world’s biggest accountancy firms, became mired in a tax scandal

PricewaterhouseCoopers used government secrets to help clients in Australia and the US avoid tax – a scandal that has forced resignations and threatens contracts worth hundreds of millions

The Guardian - AU

Labor senator accuses PwC of ‘deception and betrayal’ in misuse of Treasury information

Deborah O’Neill has also raised concerns that other consultancy firms may have engaged in similar practices without being detected

The Guardian - AU

PwC Australia CEO Tom Seymour steps down after tax documents leak scandal

PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia chief executive Tom Seymour stands down as the consulting firm feels the fallout of a partner betraying the trust of its biggest client: the federal government.

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Federal budget: White Pages listings, payments to tax havens and the weird contracts within

The federal government spends about $650 billion a year. Where some of it goes will surprise you.

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Morning Mail: royals’ wealth exposed, Inland Rail blowout, Putin’s paranoid lifestyle

New Guardian investigation sheds light on the more than £1bn in income the royal family made from controversial estates

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The four-day week seems impossible — an employee's dream. So why is it working?

A UK trial of the four-day week found it made companies more money and staff happier and healthier, while businesses in an Australian trial are already making it permanent.

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Four-day week trial on cards to ease work-care juggle

A parliamentary committee has called for comprehensive reforms to help people navigate work and caring responsibilities, including a trial of a shorter week.

The Guardian - AU

Labor and Greens senators back four-day work week

Committee members support a suite of policies that would radically adjust Australians’ work-life balance

The Guardian - AU

Greens to push Labor to fast-track 26 weeks of paid parental leave and pay superannuation on it

Party joins chorus of super funds and crossbenchers who want to use government’s tax concessions bill to call for broader changes

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Why is JobSeeker going to be reviewed? Will it go up?

Starting next year, the income support payments that millions of Australians rely on will be scrutinised by an expert committee, but the government is making it clear that while it will listen to its advice, it won't necessarily follow it.

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The Guardian - AU

Most of Australia’s nuclear waste comes from Lucas Heights – should it stay there?

Opponents of proposed dump site at Kimba in South Australia say it would be safer to keep the waste where it mostly is

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Childcare desert in remote NT town of Ti Tree forces locals to travel two hours or go without

In the remote central Australian desert families are travelling two hours to the closest childcare centre. They say their whole town is suffering because of it.

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‘Role overload’: the mental health burden of being a woman

Women are doing more paid work but the bulk of household labour still falls to them – and research shows it takes a toll on wellbeing

AAP

Flexibility at heart of fair work: inquiry

The role of carers in Australia is being examined by a parliamentary inquiry to understand how the federal government could provide greater support.

The Conversation

Barbara Ehrenreich never stopped trying to change the world

We’ve just lost one of the world’s finest writers about inequality and class – and the business of being alive in the United States today. Barbara Ehrenreich, best known for her “classic of social justice literature”, Nickel and Dimed, died on Thursday, aged 81.

The Guardian - AU

Business lobby calls to open temporary skilled migration to all jobs earning more than $90,000

Business Council of Australia also calls for migrant intake boost as Greens set up Senate standoff to raise wages in female-dominated industries

The Guardian - AU

Labor steady, Coalition down, crossbench up: who’s who in the new Senate

The upper house results from the May federal election have been released, and Labor will need the support of 13 crossbenchers to pass legislation

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