KPMG International has frozen partner departures in Australia to halt a mass exodus and protect peak audit season amid a widening whistleblower crisis.

The bank is weighing whether to terminate its newly awarded $32m audit contract with KPMG, following allegations the firm used leaked data to win the work.

The firm is accused of using a legacy client’s private board papers as insider leverage to win lucrative new jobs, destroying the core trust professionals trade on.

KPMG Australia faces a crisis following a whistleblower’s allegations that partners used confidential client data to win audit work.

KPMG International has frozen partner departures in Australia to halt a mass exodus and protect peak audit season amid a widening whistleblower crisis.

Consulting firm’s Australian arm shared secret client information internally in order to win lucrative audit contracts, a whistleblower has alleged

A major scandal gripping KPMG has rocked the corporate world in Australia, as senior heads roll and new details come to light with each passing day.

While giving ethical sermons to its auditors, KPMG executives faced a whistleblower complaint they later admitted failing to properly investigate for two years.

The Albanese government must stop wasting consultancy crises and fix a glaring regulatory black hole that leaves workers in the dark.