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May 2023
18m 21s

"Absolutely furious": how we all just go...

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If you pay tax, this story will make your blood boil. We explain how PwC, a firm that’s received hundreds of millions of tax payer funds, shared confidential information with corporations trying to pay less tax in Australia.

Find out how this happened and why it took so long to hit the headlines with Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Technology Sydney.

 

Headlines:

  • Tasered 95 yr old Clare Nowland dies 
  • Tina Turner dies at 83
  • WA student in custody after school shooting 
  • US: Ron DeSantis announces presidential run

 

 

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