PwC Global chairman refuses to share investigation into the tax leaks scandal with Australian parliament theguardian.com/business/2024/…

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Michelle Rowland has been personally briefed on how to implement a total ban on gambling advertising by a European regulator considered the gold standard for tough harm reduction policies. It's the second meeting with the Belgians in recent months. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Something usual happened at a rave in Sydney on the weekend. At 1030pm, the music was cut. The dancing stopped, and a DJ warned 21,000 people about extremely dangerous pills being circulated. Campaigners believe this could be a turning point
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Incredible reporting Chris Hopkins. Devastating story on how intellectually disabled children are struggling under stigma and a lack of state care. aljazeera.com/features/longf…

When a seriously ill Sydney raver ‘set off alarm bells’, a DJ stepped in to avert a nightmare scenario dlvr.it/T25Jy2

A poster at the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne, noting the destruction of a Captain Cook statue in St Kilda a few days ago. amp.theguardian.com/australia-news…

Police officers have escorted a man away from the Invasion Day rally outside Victorian parliament. He was yelling and interrupting speeches. An older man was knocked in the fracas.

There’s a big crowd at the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne and applause for a speech shortly after this:

“It makes me so confused as to why Australia says, ‘lest we forget on ANZAC Day’, but ‘get over it on Invasion Day’. Both are a day of mourning, but only one is respected.”

Crowds are beginning to gather at the Invasion Day rally on the steps of Victoria’s parliament.

Tabcorp banned from accepting cash in unsupervised Victorian machines after teen gambles almost $100,000 theguardian.com/australia-news…

“Mental health app that cost Australian taxpayers $33m did not result in ‘clinical outcomes of healthcare value’, study finds” - Melissa Davey & Henry Belot covering Looi & colleagues’ paper. I offered some comments that appear at the end of the article. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Report critical of big four consultancies was censored by Australian government agency, academic claims theguardian.com/australia-news…

It is still utterly bonkers to me that a democratic government can appoint a foreign secretary that didn't face an election theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

PwC Cyprus moved £1bn for Russian tycoon on day he was put under sanctions theguardian.com/business/2023/…

PwC to cut more than 330 jobs in Australia as the firm continues to grapple with the fallout from a reputation scandal theguardian.com/business/2023/…

Australia has no legal obligation to repatriate 31 women and children held in Syrian camp, court rules. The Australian citizens have been there for four years.

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This is so wild

Just when you thought the consulting firm scandals couldn't get weirder... this.

Academics testing out AI used it to help write a parliamentary submission about the Big Four and it just made up links and got facts wrong.
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