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Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here

If the US presidential campaign conveys a flavour of unreality, that may be because it is rooted in fiction. In 1935, Sinclair Lewis sat down to write a novel about political radicalisation and social upheaval in the depression-ravaged US. What emerged after four months of feverish work was It Can’t Happen Here, a runaway bestseller that quickly sold more than 300,000 copies. One Nation’s banning of the ABC and abuse of journalists is shameful. It’s time other media took a stand

 

KPMG’s whistleblower crisis 

KPMG Australia has prepared a document summarising its latest investigation into wide-ranging allegations about the misuse of client data by a whistleblower. 

The document describes dozens of the allegations and concludes they are unsubstantiated, while noting the two partners were punished for what it describes as minor infractions. 

In one case, KPMG penalised a partner over an unattended laptop containing sensitive Dexus data, despite insisting the breach did not compromise a separate bid for the client’s audit. 

The firm’s investigators also failed to interview several members of KPMG’s Dexus audit bid team or anyone from Dexus itself. The risk for the firm now is that, like the PwC tax leaks scandal, which involved the misuse of confidential government data to win work, KPMG’s response to the matter becomes the focus of parliament and regulators. 

Aspects of the allegations are being examined by a parliamentary committee, corporate regulator the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Tax Practitioners Board, and professional body Chartered Accountants ANZ.

Sydney couple fleeced bank of more than $40m, police allege

A former National Australia Bank and Commonwealth Bank employee and his mortgage broker wife have been arrested and charged with facilitating more than $40 million worth of fraud for a financial crime syndicate accused of fleecing Australia’s major banks of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Huy Tin Nguyen, 34, and his wife, Thu Huong Nguyen, 35, are accused of helping the Penthouse Syndicate – alleged to be one of the biggest fraud and money laundering syndicates in Australian history – build a luxury property empire across Sydney and defraud the country’s finance giants with the help of a network of corrupt bankers, mortgage brokers, solicitors, real estate agents and property developers.

Four Corners reporter sacked over external podcast Calum Jaspan Calum Jaspan May 28, 2026 

The ABC has sacked Four Corners reporter Mahmood Fazal after an internal investigation into an unauthorised podcast appearance with a former underworld figure last year

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