PwC and its offshoot Scyne Advisory were handed $20 million in Defence contracts and almost 500 staff security clearances last year, despite the revelations of a tax leaks scandal and local competitors being frozen out of the same vetting program.
The lucrative work and security clearances for PwC and Scyne Advisory — the firm spawned with PwC’s government work and staff last year — came as new applicants to the Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) were being turned away.
New DISP applicants were greeted with automated emails when applying in the second half of 2023, informing them applications weren’t being processed due to technical upgrades and a shift away from contractors running the program.
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