November
ATO gave PwC CEO early warning about ‘incompetent’ tax division
New details of a meeting in February 2020 between the ATO’s Jeremy Hirschhorn and then-PwC CEO Luke Sayers contradict earlier evidence provided by Mr Sayers.
- Edmund Tadros
August
The Tax Office goes to war with Seymour as Sayers goes big
While PwC tax divisions was mired in a paper war with the ATO, it transformed from a conservative accounting firm to hard-charging, hard-drinking company.
- Edmund Tadros
Ex-PwC chief Tom Seymour rewrites history
PwC had a stellar year (financially), even as its current and former CEOs sparred in parliament.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
PwC leaders at war over tax scandal
PwC’s former general counsel says she repeatedly advised then chief Luke Sayers and the governance board that legal professional privilege was being misused.
- Edmund Tadros and Maxim Shanahan
Ex-PwC chief Tom Seymour forced from the shadows
The formerly prominent PwC chief and tax practice leader has resolutely declined media requests. But on Friday, he’ll speak again.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
April
- Opinion
- Venture capital
Sayers knows the importance of trust. Has he lost his in PwC scandal?
The former chief executive came off badly from a Senate inquiry, undermining years spent carefully cultivating a reputation for integrity.
- Aaron Patrick
February
- Exclusive
- PwC tax scandal
VC fund pulls $2.5m from firm of former PwC boss Luke Sayers
US-based venture capital fund McLaren Strategic Ventures will reduce its investment in the consultancy set up by the former PwC chief Luke Sayers by $2.5 million.
- Patrick Durkin and Edmund Tadros
Luke Sayers who? PwC and the network that wasn’t there
Implausible? Possibly. But on the record? Absolutely.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
January
Mathias Cormann did ‘some work’ for ex-PwC boss Luke Sayers
The new revelations follow Luke Sayers admitting that his new firm Sayers Group granted Cormann some shares before he took the OECD job.
- Hannah Wootton
November 2023
Luke Sayers had millions of reasons to hire Mathias Cormann
Under Mathias Cormann’s oversight, government spending on consultancies swelled nearly four-fold.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Mathias Cormann planned to join ex-PwC CEO Luke Sayers’ firm
In responses to questions about the PwC tax leaks scandal, former CEO Luke Sayers revealed how much he had been fined for violating the firm’s independence policies.
- Edmund Tadros
October 2023
PwC’s ashes smoulder | Energy transition stalls | Who will be Qantas’ chairman?
In this week’s episode, James and Anthony look at the future of the big four consulting firms after the PwC tax leaks scandal, the tough reality of a faltering energy transition, and ask who should be the next chairman of Qantas.
- Opinion
- PwC tax scandal
PwC chiefs play pass the parcel
Kevin Burrowes, the new chief executive PwC Australia sent in to fix the firm’s tax leak scandal, has a terminal case of resting bulldog face.
- Neil Chenoweth
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
PwC couldn’t break itself up. The government might finish the job
Luke Sayers revealed he tried to split off the firm’s consulting arm five years ago, only to be knocked back. Ironically, the government might get it done.
- James Thomson
September 2023
Why the Curnow who may’ve saved Carlton’s AFL season is not Charlie
Two fiery events may hold the key to Carlton’s remarkable run to the AFL finals: a board member’s locker-room blow up, and a veteran player’s campfire chat.
- Phillip Coorey
August 2023
ABL mesmerises Melbourne’s marvellous mates
Things aren’t quite the same these days at Arnold Bloch Leibler.
- Joe Aston
PwC’s Kevin Burrowes, an American agent on Maldives vacation
Burrowes’ job is to destroy PwC Australia, if necessary, to protect PwC Global. That is his sole performance metric.
- Joe Aston
Sayers, Andrews, Frydenberg: Melbourne who’s who celebrate ABL
Mark Leibler, who oversaw Noel Pearson as an articled clerk, says Indigenous Australians share the Jewish community’s battle against dispossession, disrespect and racism.
- Patrick Durkin
Luke Sayers is not reading the room
Sayers doesn’t think he’s done a single thing wrong. This is all just another level in the video game of his professional climbing.
- Joe Aston
July 2023
AFL star-backed Melbourne tech firm gets $45m from NY PE
A Melbourne tech company, that is backed by footballers and has made software for the Super Bowl and the Paris Olympics, has closed its first institutional capital raise.
- Tess Bennett