Why will Friday be a day of reckoning for KPMG?
By Emily Stewart and Daniel Ziffer

Accounting firm KPMG is engulfed in a scandal that has seen several senior leaders quit and ASIC launch an investigation into the firm's business dealings.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-14/kpmg-faces-day-of-reckoning-parliamentary-hearing-audit-scandal/106785480

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Here's what you need to know about the KPMG scandal

Accounting firm KPMG is engulfed in a scandal that has seen several senior leaders quit and ASIC launch an investigation into the firm's business dealings.

Price of poverty hurts us all, yet research reveals an easy fix
By Daniel Ziffer and Gareth Hutchens

In 2020, Australia massively increased welfare payments and conducted a live experiment in ending poverty, but when the subsidy was removed, many were thrown back into hardship. Leaving aside the moral dimension, would it be cheaper to end poverty than to maintain it?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/cheaper-to-end-poverty-increase-jobseeker-than-maintain-hardship/105866692

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Price of poverty hurts us all, yet research reveals an easy fix

In 2020, Australia massively increased welfare payments and conducted a live experiment in ending poverty, but when the subsidy was removed, many were thrown back into hardship. Leaving aside the moral dimension, would it be cheaper to end poverty than to maintain it?