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Australia's largest pension fund freezes work with auditor PwC

Reuters 02 Jun 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia on Wednesday froze future work while Treasury and the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority have hinted that the firm is blacklisted ... Reports on breaking news in Australia and New Zealand covering the biggest stories across politics, companies and commodities.
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Australia looks to rest of world even as China trade ties heal

Reuters 31 May 2023
SYDNEY, May 31 (Reuters) - Australia will encourage businesses ... But Australia, chastened by the experience, is developing other trade relationships ... Reports on breaking news in Australia and New Zealand covering the biggest stories across politics, companies and commodities.
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Australia's central bank shuns PwC after tax plan leaks

Reuters 31 May 2023
SYDNEY, May 31 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of Australia will not sign any new contracts with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Australia until a scandal over ... Reports on breaking news in Australia and New Zealand covering the biggest stories across politics, companies and commodities.
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Leaders need proper breaks to handle sustainable careers

The Daily Telegraph Australia 30 May 2023
... engagement as a leader at all times,” she told Sky News Australia.
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PwC Australia may lose government audit contract, Treasury head says

Reuters 30 May 2023
SYDNEY, May 30 (Reuters) - Australia's Treasury department may not renew a A$1 million audit contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) when it ends ... Reports on breaking news in Australia and New Zealand covering the biggest stories across politics, companies and commodities.
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Leader of resource-rich Western Australia resigns due to burnout

Reuters 29 May 2023
SYDNEY, May 29 (Reuters) - The leader of Western Australia resigned on Monday in a surprise announcement, citing exhaustion, after guiding the resource-rich state through the COVID pandemic ... Alasdair leads the team covering breaking news in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
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PwC Australia puts nine partners on leave, overhauls board amid tax leak scandal

Reuters 29 May 2023
SYDNEY, May 29 (Reuters) - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Australia on Monday ordered nine partners to take leave and overhauled its governance board, as it ... Reports on breaking news in Australia and New Zealand covering the biggest stories across politics, companies and commodities.
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Family pays tribute to Australian woman, 95, who died after police taser

Reuters 25 May 2023
SYDNEY, May 25 (Reuters) - The family of a 95-year-old woman who died after being tasered by police in Australia paid tribute to her on Thursday, as the premier of the state where the incident occurred expressed confidence in its police force ... Alasdair leads the team covering breaking news in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
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PwC to remove staff involved in Australia tax leak scandal from govt work

Reuters 25 May 2023
PwC used confidential information on future tax laws to win workTreasury has referred the matter to Australia policeCannot scrap existing PwC contracts, minister says ... Reports on breaking news in Australia and New Zealand covering the biggest stories across politics, companies and commodities.
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Australia refers PwC tax document leak scandal to police

Reuters 24 May 2023
The government, a PwC Australia client, has accused the firm of using confidential information about new anti-tax avoidance measures to win more business, in what it has called a major breach of trust ... Reports on breaking news in Australia and New Zealand covering the biggest stories across politics, companies and commodities.
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Julian Assange's supporters say campaign for release on 'cusp of success'

Reuters 24 May 2023
Assange's wife, Stella Assange, travelled to Australia for the protest and told Reuters meetings with politicians in Canberra had been productive ... Reports on breaking news in Australia and New Zealand covering the biggest stories across politics, companies and commodities.
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‘Give me a break’: Dan Andrews grilled for blaming pandemic for state debt

The Daily Telegraph Australia 23 May 2023
“I mean give me a break,” Mr McCrann told Sky News Australia host Peta Credlin.
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B.C. TV reporter takes break, citing traumatic work and online abuse

Castanet 20 May 2023
Alissa Thibault joined CTV News Vancouver in 2019 after coming to Vancouver from her native Australia. She worked as a writer on CBC News Network with Ian Hanomansing, and as an anchor at News1130 before becoming the breaking news producer for CBC’s The National in 2018. However, Thibault has been on a break since last month.

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