Edmund Tadros

Corporate leaders have slammed EY's decision to make employees pay back two months of their six-month parental leave if they resign within a year of that paid benefit, demanding they reverse the decision.

This report explores whether Australia's systems are fit for purpose in a world defined by AI, quantum risk, workforce disruption and geopolitical competition.

In November 2023, at KPMG's Sydney office, an internal audit partner announced he was stepping out for lunch. He then allegedly left his laptop unattended.

KPMG Australia's latest response to a growing whistleblower scandal reveals a flawed investigation that punished partners for minor infractions while failing to interview key witnesses.

Newsletter As the big four face scrutiny over client data leaks, regressive leave policies and the movement of roles overseas, Grant Thornton has added 27 partners. Professional services editor

PwC has brought in a law firm for an external review of its auditing work after an insider raised concerns that its auditors turned a blind eye to red flags in scandal-plagued Corporate Travel Management's accounts.

The Department of Finance has warned KPMG Australia it could be banned from bidding for Commonwealth contracts after the firm repeatedly failed to notify officials about wide-ranging allegations of client data misuse.

KPMG Australia chief executive Andrew Yates has resigned and will leave the firm immediately over the firm's repeated failure to deal with wide-ranging whistleblower allegations of client data misuse.

KPMG's public-facing problem started at precisely 9.12 pm, on March 24, this year, when senator Deborah O'Neill got to her feet. Bethany Rae

KPMG is claiming legal professional privilege to shield its internal investigations into allegations that confidential client data was misused from