Our young people are working hard to get ahead but many are struggling to keep up, or worse, going backwards. We need to do more to act on the growing intergenerational inequality here in Australia. Independent MP for Mackellar Sophie Scamps said: Many members of the crossbench say it’s a pressing issue for their constituents. Indexation on student debt disproportionally affects women, Haines says Our call for a full independent inquiry into the exact involvement of everyone who had knowledge of this, becomes more pressing by the day. There have been significant ethical and governance failures across the board and we need a full investigation not just into PwC but all the agencies that have played a role in this appalling chapter. PwC have denied and obfuscated for too long. If PwC had managed this properly when it began more than eight years ago, Australian taxpayers would not be footing the bill now, and PwC would not have damaged the reputations of their 10,000 employees and potentially the reputations of many of their clients. Their failure is much bigger than a single instance of ethical failure.

PwC is scrambling to remediate the impact of its appalling behaviour but it’s too little, too late as far as I’m concerned.

In response to PwC’s announcement this lunchtime, Pocock says a wider investigation is needed to capture everyone involved, including players outside PwC: Pocock has been on the front foot, calling for greater accountability in the fallout of PwC’s tax scandal, vowing to refer it to the new national anti-corruption commission when it commences on 1 July and last week attempting to table the names in a Senate hearing of all individuals who received emails regarding the confidential information. 04.36 BST PwC’s mea culpa too little, too late, senator Barbara Pocock saysĬoming back to the breaking news of PwC’s apology and promise to stand down nine parters, Greens senator Barbara Pocock says the firm’s mea culpa is “too little too late.”

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