News Articles for PwC

A new report has identified 124 investment-ready critical minerals projects on home soil, but the number of new developments has risen only modestly despite global attention

Demography, density and industry framed the countdown to the turn of the century at this year's 2050 Summit.

The Tax Practitioners Board has terminated the registration of former PwC chief executive Tom Seymour after concluding he failed to act with integrity or manage conflicts of interest.

A former PwC partner, who has also held senior roles with Deloitte and BHP, is suing the firm over alleged harassment, sexual discrimination and unpaid partnership profits.

The Department of Finance has released its final report into the PwC Australia tax advice scandal, noting ‘significant change' to the culture of firm.

2024 was a difficult year for most major mining companies – except those focused on gold.

Professional services giant PwC Australia has released its first-ever annual report, revealing a 16 per cent drop in profit, and detailing efforts to address the fallout of its 2023 tax scandal.

A dispute between Pioneer Credit and PwC has progressed, with lawyers for both parties appearing in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Four major M&A deals last year highlighted Japan's continued appetite for WA investments.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Jo Wisdom, Rebecca Girdwood, Kerryl Bradshaw, Paul Criddle, Terence 'Terry' Palmer, Greg Hoskins and Kudzai Mtsambiwa.

PwC has made its first lateral partner hire in Perth in two years with the appointment of Kerryl Bradshaw to its advisory practice.

The 2025 iteration of PwC's Global CEO survey has found the slow adoption of AI in the workplace and the inflation fight are the two largest concerns for Australian executives.

WA generally outperformed national office numbers for the big four accounting firms, while mid-tier players bolstered their presence in the state.

Australian Federal Police have raided the Sydney offices of PwC Australia, amid the ongoing investigation into the 2023 tax leaks scandal.

PwC Australia has reported a sharp decline in annual revenue and staff numbers and a second big fall in partner income after a period of major restructuring.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Gary Nurick, Colleen Hayward, Jo Lanagan, Mark Webb, Matthew Tonts, Rod Clark, Angela Kelly, Craig Holland, Warren Hallam and John Ball.

PwC public sector advisory spin-off Scyne Advisory has appointed former senior Google executive John Ball as its first independent chief executive.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Phil Thick, Fabian Ross, Rachel Griffiths, Mark McGowan, Amy Lomas, Trish Scully and Michael Walshe.

Accounting giant PwC Australia has appointed Perth partner Amy Lomas as its new chief economist.

PwC boss Kevin Burrowes “misled” Senator Deborah O'Neill in not disclosing $1.2 million in payments from the consulting firm's parent company, a joint committee into the PwC tax scandal heard.

A former PwC chief executive who was linked to the consulting firm's tax leak scandal will be dragged under the spotlight for the first time.

Accounting giant PwC has announced hundreds of redundancies and the accelerated retirement of partners, with its national headcount to be cut by about 5 per cent.

The Workforce Gender Equality Agency has published gender pay gap data on more than 400 WA private sector companies, shedding a light on remuneration disparities.

Administrators for vacuum cleaner retailer Godfreys say multiple leading retail brands and investment groups are bidding to buy the troubled business.

The tax office has accused consulting giant PwC of not disclosing key details of a report into the conduct of its partners in a tax advice scandal.

Clive Palmer's Mineralogy was the nation's largest political donor last financial year, while a private WA company donated more than $1 million to the group behind the Voice to Parliament referendum's No campaign.

WA Labor raised more than $6.7 million last financial year across the board, almost $2 million more than the Liberal Party's state division.

The disciplinary tribunal for chartered accountants has imposed the maximum possible fine on PwC and applied new reporting requirements as fallout from the tax advice scandal continues.

Fallout from a tax scandal lingers over the top end of town as the skills shortage becomes endemic.

Western Australia's resources middle tier could be at the heart of $170 billion in GDP growth by 2040, but only if the nation acts on its critical minerals opportunities, according to PwC.

In this podcast: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss accounting action; WeWork; Qantas; exporters; hydrogen; coal; biofuels, and skills shortages.

Westpac has ended its relationship with external auditor PwC as the under-fire firm continues to face setbacks after a leaking scandal.

Private equity investor Allegro Funds has obtained final regulatory approval to buy the public sector consulting arm of PwC, which will trade as Scyne Advisory.

Perth-based Pioneer Credit claims it lost more than $30 million because of PwC's breach of duty and misleading conduct, in a court action against the accounting firm.

The new head of PwC Australia has apologised at a Senate hearing for the firm's role in passing on confidential Treasury information to private sector clients.

The Housing Industry Association has been caught up in the PwC cyber attack after its membership data was leaked to the dark web.

The finance department is considering whether the spin-off company of scandal-plagued consultancy firm PwC is ethically sound enough for government contracts.

In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the DomGas inquiry, PwC, Alcoa, FMG move, and results wrap up on Wesfarmers, BHP, Pilbara Minerals, Northern Star and Monadelphous.

Consulting giant PwC has been suspended from two WA government procurement panels as fallout from its tax advice scandal continues but competitors KPMG and Deloitte face no such problems.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Paul Larsen, Stephen Daly, Jodie Perram, Leigh Dyson, Scott Lowe, Bianca Sandri, Felicity Gooding, Shelley Cable and Michael Keenan.