How fortunate we all were to ease into 2023’s colder months warmed by the flames of PwC Australia’s conflagration.

As smoke poured from the firm’s Barangaroo tower, a procession of crisis communications consultants came and just as fast went, their advice disregarded. Andrew Butcher, Andrew Thomas, Alex Cramb, Andrew Maiden and Julia Foley were all identified fleeing the scene. The only one still in there imparting his expertise in corporate reputation is Labor factional bovver boy Stephen Conroy. I mean, that itself is the punchline.