Parliamentarians have mocked the fact that KPMG contracted an agency to provide access to a whistleblower reporting platform known as FairCall, while admitting it failed to provide its own whistleblower with proper assistance.
Allegations made by a whistleblower — a former audit director — about senior partners of the firm failing to observe ethical and auditing standards during tenders for significant entity audits were initially dismissed by the firm as an employment matter.
Parliamentary scrutiny and further ferreting through emails and other documents by law firm Allens demonstrated that there was evidence the whistleblower was correct.