If there’s one thing everyone knows about Paul Howes it’s that he fights for Australian jobs. In fact, he made such a career of it – as the pugnacious former head of the Australian Workers’ Union – it was, some years back, the only thing he was known for.
On Tuesday, this masthead revealed KPMG’s 2025-26 plans involve halving the amount of consulting work done by the firm’s local employees. Instead, the firm wanted to promote the use of lower-cost workers in Australia and offshore in places such as India and Malaysia.
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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com
