Jun 26, 2026 – 8.00pm“I was stunned, to be honest. Stunned that these guys had just picked up the PwC playbook and made it worse.”That was a former PwC partner’s bewildered reaction as KPMG leaders struggled to answer basic questions about their treatment of a whistleblower during a 10-hour parliamentary hearing last Friday.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Edmund TadrosProfessional services editorEdmund Tadros leads our coverage of the professional services sector. He is based in our Sydney newsroom.Fetching latest articles
KPMG’s ‘10-hour masterclass in how not to respond to a crisis’
By repeating PwC’s crisis-management mistakes, KPMG has forced a reluctant federal government to finally pull the trigger on unprecedented structural reforms.








