How the big four accounting firms infiltrated governments, earning more than $10b over a decade.

The numbers are staggering. In the past decade Australia's state and federal governments have forked out more than $10 billion on the big four accounting firms — money that could have paid for 200 schools, 10 or more prisons, four world-class hospitals or a third of the annual Medicare bill.

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-17/pwc-ey-kpmg-deloitte-government-10-billion/102602370

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ce8C6FFzk&t=4s

A 7.30 investigation by Adele Ferguson reveals billions of dollars in taxpayer funds have gone to the big four consulting firms and it's often hard to know exactly what that money has bought.