The Department of Human Services paid PwC $853,859 for work that ended in a PowerPoint presentation. The firm will pay that back.
Consulting firm PwC has decided to repay in full the nearly $1 million it had received to evaluate the robo-debt scheme in a move welcomed by Government Services Minister Bill Shorten.
PwC acting chief executive Kristin Stubbins said the firm had decided to hand back the fees following the royal commission’s final report. “No report was ever delivered and instead, a PowerPoint presentation was made to the Minister for Human Services on 22 May 2017.” “The commission finds that on or about 6 June 2017, Ms Campbell communicated to [PwC partner Terry] Weber that the report was not to be finalised and provided to DHS. Despite the importance of that indication from DHS, it does not appear to have been documented at the time,” the report said.
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