Back in June, KPMG made a brave and ultimately bloody stupid decision. The firm, led by then-chair Martin Sheppard, decided to look Labor senator Deborah O’Neill in the eye and say “sorry, we don’t have to give you all the information you are asking for”.The thing is, though, it did. O’Neill had requested documents related to the audit misconduct scandal currently engulfing the firm, and was doing so as chair of the parliamentary committee investigating it. So she very much had the power to make the demand, despite KPMG’s claims the information was subject to legal professional privilege.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles