The 5th hearing of the Greens-led housing inquiry held today in Sydney, demonstrated, overwhelmingly, that Australia needs rent caps. Renters face runaway rents, deep insecurity & an impenetrable housing market - they need the financial relief that rent caps can deliver.

Today, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services published an email from newly appointed KPMG independent chair Mr Michael Ebeid to his fellow directors and others.

Labor has ganged up with the Libs to vote against the Greens’ efforts to get under 18 year-old workers paid super, denying 515,000 young workers across the country. Instead they've chosen to line the pockets of big corps with money that should be going to our 15-17 year olds.

Labor doesn't want to pay teens super. The Greens do. That's why we're fighting in the Senate today to secure super payments for all under 18's, no matter how many hours they work. Young people deserve every dollar they've earned, including their super.

The Greens have secured amendments to the govt’s Bill that will protect workers' pay & conditions & empower unions during IR disputes. These changes will boost protections for workers during bargaining & in particular support educators, teachers and firefighters.

I wrote to Katy Gallagher, Minister for Finance & Public Sector, calling for the govt to cease KPMG’s ethics & leadership training in the APS. KPMG has a $1.27 mil contract to run training for 300 public servants. The contract runs until Dec 2026 w' poss of extension to Dec 2028.

Should Labor terminate its $1.3m contract with KPMG. to train public sector leaders in ethics? Hmmmm

Investors with seven or more properties are claiming billions in tax handouts while the average Australian struggles with secure housing, rents and mortgages.

KPMG chairman Martin Sheppard and senior auditors are set to resign but so much more needs to be done to fix the rot throughout KPMG & the regulatory failure of the Big 4.

Today we were united in grilling KPMG over accusations of sharing confidential client information to rig audit tenders, using AI to cheat on internal exams, breaching audit independence & mistreating a whistleblower. How can the govt continue to justify using KPMG’s services?

KPMG made $114 million from 149 contract amendments on top of their initial $73 million in head contracts in this financial year, Austender data shows. This means KPMG made more money from government contract amendments than from initial contracts it secured (as of 5 June 2026).

Adelaide has one of the tightest and most unaffordable housing markets in the country, we heard today at the 4th hearing of the inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity. Today’s evidence is clear: Labor has failed South Australians on housing.

The Greens have referred KPMG to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for suspected corruption breaches, in the wake of recent multiple scandals, including allegations of misusing confidential client information to get more audit work & mistreating a whistleblower.

Today at the Greens-led Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity we heard the story of younger generations being ripped off, locked out of the market, forced into insecure housing & delaying major life decisions. Successive governments have failed young people.

Newly compiled data from the Parliamentary Library reveals Labor currently has 297 active contracts with KPMG - total value of $653 million. Despite multiple scandals, the Government continues to employ KPMG’s service. This government is completely addicted to KPMG.

Brisbane hearing for the Greens inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity revealed the human cost of the housing crisis. Australia is a rich country. We can't accept losing 9 people a day to the housing crisis. People need to be off the streets & in safe & secure housing.

Time to act. Rot spans far and wide. Greens call for KPMG government ban over ethical breaches www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/10/k...

The Brisbane hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity, which I'm Chairing, has begun. You can watch it here: 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNI5...

Labor must end their special treatment — on tax, public reporting, professional liability and whistleblower protections and regulate the Big Four like other large Australian firms. KPMG audits the RBA and runs its hotline. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

KPMG show us who they are - despite PwC’s masterclass in how not to behave & coverup. Labor has failed to act & this is now on them: to end Big 4 special treatment – on tax, reporting, liability, whistleblowing. Get unethical greed out of govt contracting. Time to break them up.

Here are the active audit contracts the government holds with KPMG and their values: 👉Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) $6.428m 👉CSIRO: $4.9m 👉BoM: $2.1m 👉Department of Industry, Science & Resources (DISR): $1.748m 👉ATO: $680,000 Labor must immediately ban KPMG.

The latest KPMG scandals show the Big 4 firms are again making a mockery of parliament. CEO has resigned & COO has stepped down but the rot remains. The government still has KPMG contracts. Labor needs to put an end to their special treatment & regulate them like other Australian businesses.

The wage rate increasing by 4.75% won't be enough to counter the cost of living & housing crisis. In fact, this decision will further erode real wages for some of our lowest paid workers, leaving working Australians behind while billionaires increase in number and wealth.

Inflation high at 4.2% - more bad news for young people who are being squeezed by rising rents, higher supermarket prices, HECS debts & lagging wages in a housing crisis. Govt must bring in a rent freeze & a ban on evictions during the fuel crisis to give young people security they need.

Federal and SA Labor have failed to protect the state’s park lands after razing 585 mature trees for the redevelopment of the North Adelaide Golf Course. Further trees planned for the chop for the newly-proposed MotoGP race. Multiple vulnerable species rely on these trees!

Labor & Coalition dud young workers millions of super $$ while lining the pockets of big corps like Coles & Kmart. We can fix this - & we should. @MikeSeccombe in @SatPaper

Labor needs to respond immediately to the reports CSIRO will tomorrow sack a THIRD of the team working on Australia’s national climate model. Australia’s climate science capability is globally significant & locally irreplaceable. A shameful way to treat our scientists.

The Greens-led Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity has revealed a housing crisis out of control where renters, 1st home buyers & homeless are being left behind. Evidence is clear: housing gap between generations is widening thanks to successive government failures.

My heart goes out to the family living through this tragedy. Accessible, quality, well funded public housing isn't just a human rights issue, it's a healthcare issue. It's essential to making sure everyone can live safely with a roof over their heads. tinyurl.com/3627cadx

The big four banks - CBA, NAB, Westpac & ANZ - made a profit of $16.9 billion from owner-occupier home loans in 2025. Over an average 30 year owner-occupier mortgage these banks make nearly $229,000 in profit. That's just over $11,000 in the 1st year of a new loan, $926 each month or $214 per week.

Final report from inquiry into job & program cuts at CSIRO shows a deliberate shift away from public good science. CSIRO is suffering chronic underfunding masked as strategic reform, causing workforce destruction, loss of sovereign capability & subversion of climate science.

The Greens are calling on the PM to use today's National Cabinet to coordinate a nationwide rent freeze and eviction moratorium during the fuel crisis.

No one should have to suffer the indignity & injustice of neglect. Direct government funding in public housing and robust, wrap around, homeless support services stops people falling through the cracks. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

PwC partner income has risen to $814,000 thanks to AI but team sizes are shrinking in relation. Throwing workers under the bus to grow CEO pay can't be the future of AI in workplaces. Productivity gains must be shared & worker's rights must be protected. www.afr.com/companies/pr...

PMs big nothing tonight was worst April Fools on Australia in ages. He should do something real: back the Greens Work from Home bill so that workers have some backup when their boss says no. (2 days/wk minimum. Where it’s practical). Even Labor Premiers agree - & most Australians.

New data shows house prices rising with the CGT discount & negative gearing to blame, on top of a recent teetering interest rate increase. How much more do households have to endure before Labor acts?

A huge win for young workers! Unfair junior rates for 18-20 year olds have been scrapped by the Fair Work Commission - a decision the Greens have long campaigned for. Real wages of workers have gone backwards as inflation has soared, leaving our young workers behind.

ABC investigation reveals universities spent $1.8 billion on private consultants in 1 year. Australia’s universities are becoming increasingly corporatised by the corrosive influence of consultants. Corporate executives and consultants are running our universities like banks.

A Trump whim - costing so many lives, a million Lebanese their homes & the prospect of massive global recession. Meanwhile weapons & fossil fuel profiteers reap billions. And this is the ally we are sending billions to - for mythical subs??! Madness www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

War has big winners. And here they are. Along with massive share boosts for arms suppliers. Meanwhile farmers’ fuel bills are more than double, workers’ cost of getting to work are through the roof, housing costs will rise with interest rates & rent.

Just 3 months into 2026 & already teachers, journalists, nurses, early childhood educators & maritime workers are taking significant industrial action across Aus. Labor, which claims to be the party of workers, must prioritise wage justice for workers who are being left behind.

Using outsource workers in ATO office's has created a 2 class system in the public sector. Again ATO has outsourced core work & subjected those workers to worse pay & conditions. The ATO should be a model example of finance not the cautionary tale. tinyurl.com/225h6y28

The certainties of war unfolding before us: armaments company super-profits ⬆️ , inflation ⬆️, interest rates ⬆️ to push demand ⬇️ & unemploymt ⬆️. Ordinary people pay the price - in mortgages, job loss, fuel - & with lives where the bombs drop.

Labor's choice to support Trump & Netanyahu's war has triggered a rate rise that will inflict massive pain for people across Australia. The Greens are calling for the Treasurer to step in and use his power to override the decision by the RBA board, to change interest rates.

Thankyou @4corners tonight. Toxic algae. A government too slow, minimising risk. Delaying release of critical information. A fail by the Malinauskas government. Thanks to the locals, the scientists, the surfers for monitoring, reporting, questioning and going on the public record.

Labor has wasted $53 billion on tax concessions for wealthy property investors since 2022. A further $190 billion will be wasted if Labor fails to wind back the capital gains tax discount & negative gearing. This foregone revenue should have built public & affordable housing.

Adelaide dwelling prices have risen by 40% while median house rentals have increased by 33% under SA Labor! South Australians are seeing house prices explode, rents skyrocket & vacancy rates at an all-time low & yet the Malinauskas govt are only making it worse.

Robodebt was the worst failure of public administration in Australian history. It raised est. $1.73 bn of illegitimate debts from over 430,000 vulnerable Australians and plunged thousands of families into distress and grief. And still no real consequences. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The announcement today from the Albanese Labor Government to send an E-7A Wedgetail aircraft to the Gulf and provide medium-range air-to-air missiles to the UAE shows Australia has been fully dragged into another US forever war.

Gangster imperialism. ‘An expanding confrontation whose boundaries are increasingly difficult to define’. The dry and the wet burn together www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...