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The Coalition’s plan to build seven new nuclear power stations isn’t off to a great start, with notable opposition from prominent senators.

Crikey

Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton is seated aloft the nuclear tiger, hoping not to get eaten

No one doubts Peter Dutton has a huge task to sell his radical nuclear plan, with many experts throwing buckets of cold water over it. But on Thursday the opposition leader received some welcome backing.

The Conversation

The likelihood of nuclear energy in Australia via 13 timelines

A look at the numbers in Australia’s nuclear energy debate.

Crikey

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PwC Australia CEO claims he ‘doesn’t have’ key tax leaks report, despite Oz exec’s access

PwC CEO Kevin Burrowes has told a Senate inquiry he can’t hand over a key report on last year’s tax scandal because he can’t access it. But it seems he could try asking one of his Australian-based executives to hand it over.

Crikey

Ted O’Brien’s fact-free nuclear cheerleading is cover for the same old climate vandalism

In huffing and puffing over renewables while denying the measurable costs of nuclear generation, the Coalition is digging in with the politics of relentless opportunism

The Guardian - AU

‘Thought they could do what they want’: How PwC went from ‘untouchable’ to pariah

The fall from grace of accounting giant PwC was one of the defining stories of 2023, with the saga forever having shaped the public’s understanding of the billions spent on consultancy.

Crikey

Coalition delivers the same old tired nuclear talking points at COP28

With a heavy sigh, Crikey once again delves into the most pointless ritual in Australian public policy — the nuclear energy ‘debate’.

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Powerful US and UK committees lobbied to pressure PwC to release report sought in Australia

Exclusive: Richard Colbeck urged counterparts to seek document used to clear firm’s partners of wrongdoing

The Guardian - AU

PwC partner at centre of tax advice scandal banned by Asic for eight years

Financial regulator finds Peter John Collins is ‘not a fit and proper person to provide financial services’

The Guardian - AU

PwC Australia blocked from breaking up business by global management in 2018, Senate inquiry hears

Former CEO Luke Sayers says ‘Project Kookaburra’ sought to sell off consultancy business amid concerns about conflicts of interests

The Guardian - AU

From Pezzullo to PwC, people really like failing their own very public standards

It has been an incredible week for the glorious political art of doing the exact things one has loudly condemned in the past.

Crikey

Beyond the PwC scandal, there’s a growing case for a royal commission into Australia’s ruthless corporate greed

Accounting and consulting group PwC has been front page news ever since its chief executive Tim Seymour stepped down “effectively immediately” in May, when the firm said it had “betrayed the trust” of Australians and promised an independent review of its governance, accountability and culture.

The Conversation

'Whatever it takes': PwC's poor behaviour laid bare

A scathing review into PwC following a tax advice scandal found the firm overlooked poor behaviour and took a "whatever it takes" approach to business.

AAP

PwC’s ‘rainmaker’ partners often pursue profits ahead of ethics, scathing review finds

Internal review led by former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski finds ‘whatever it takes’ culture at accounting firm contributed to serious ethical failure

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The Guardian - AU

PwC to restructure board as report into consultancy scandal released

PwC Australia will also commit to publishing audited financial statements

The Guardian - AU

NSW Greens call for more transparency over settlement between PwC and ATO

Claim was not related to scandal involving misuse of confidential government tax plans, ATO says

The Guardian - AU

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

AAP

PwC staff involved in tax leak cut from public work

Troubled consultancy firm PwC has promised to keep any staff involved with the tax leak scandal away from Commonwealth contracts.

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The Guardian - AU

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

Crikey

PwC walked a crooked mile — but not alone. The whole ecosystem needs fixing

Firms involved in audit, taxation, financial planning and the like should face severe fines to deter them from even thinking of going astray.

The New Daily

Former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski to oversee PwC investigation

Ziggy Switkowski AO has been installed to look under the hood at embattled consultancy PwC after it became mired in a tax scandal.

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton has reached into the weeds of the climate wars and pulled out nuclear energy. It’s beyond ludicrous

The Coalition could’ve progressed a domestic industry in its nine years in power, but it didn’t

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