The PwC tax scandal leads to the need for action to prevent such poor behaviour occurring in future: Refer matter to Federal

Australia has led the world with protections for public interest whistleblowing. From the early 1990s Australia was the first country after the United States to enact comprehensive public sector whistleblowing laws. In 2019,Australia's private sector laws were the first to give whistleblowers rights to compensation if companies fail in their duty to protect them. However, overall, Australia’s whistleblower protection laws are now falling behind. The 5-year statutory review of the Corporations Act whistleblower protection provisions (Part 9.4AAA) is due in 2024. Given recent issues with PwC these provisions should be strengthened and extended to partnerships. https://transparency.org.au/accountable-government/whistleblowing/

It is encouraging that the Albanese government has opened a conversation over how we fund the ballooning care costs and support for vulnerable citizens.   It is concerning that the initiative is via a discussion paper and, no doubt, a plan to control the discussion and guide it to an outcome that fits the Labor agenda.   It’s time that all politicians realised they do not have sufficient trust to force their biased agendas upon the public after a sham consultation lacking detail, facts and analysis.   It is time that Citizens' Juries were used to resolve such complex and important matters!