PwC bosses caught in sham “complaint” against top professor
Klaxon November 30, 2024
After a legal battle spanning more than eight months, a university professor and top governance expert has obtained access to a secretive “complaint” made against him by disgraced consulting giant PwC.
It reveals PwC’s complaint to the University of Wollongong — about alleged “factually incorrect” statements in a social media post by Associate Professor Andrew Schmulow — doesn’t point to a single “factually incorrect” statement.
After two failed attempts under freedom of information laws — which included PwC fighting opposing release of the information — Dr Schmulow has now obtained the complaint after launching action in the NSW Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
The document has been released to Schmulow after PwC refused to appear before the Tribunal to give evidence.
The explosive case goes to the heart of academic freedom and the corrosive, often secret, impact of big money on public discussion.
It also goes to the heart of the PwC tax leaks scandal.