PwC partner Mick Fuller is at the centre of a range of NSW Government COVID quarantine fee accounting issues he caused when he was NSW Police chief - Fuller's appointment as PwC partner means PwC is conflcited with regards NSW Government audits

 by Ganesh Sahathevan

 PwC partner Mick Fuller is at the centre of a range of NSW Government COVID  accounting issues he caused when he was NSW Police chief (see sory below). The extent of the accounting problems remains unclear.

While NSW  Minister for Finance Courtney Houssos has announced consultancy firm PwC has been suspended from obtaining new tax engagements with the NSW Government, that suspension concerns only tax work, and only for the next three months. 

Meanwhile NSW  Minister for Finance Courtney Houssos has said nothing about PwC audits of NSW government accounting records.    Fuller's appointment as PwC partner means PwC is conflicted  with regards  any NSW Government audits, but all have remained silent. 


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Can former NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller remain PwC Partner, Government Consulting, while his COVID quarantine fee directive and accounting issues remain unanswered

July 24, 2023

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 





Mick Fuller, the former  NSW Police Commissioner was appointed Partner, Government Consulting, at the audit and accounting firm PwC  in August 2022.

Meanwhile, the issues surrounding the charging and accounting of COVID quarantine fees for which he claimed responsibility,  remain unanswered. 




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Former NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said in his notice that Revenue NSW " will be charging a mandatory quarantine fee" - Former NSW Ministers Hazzard, Tudehope insisted that the quarantine fees charged by Sydney Local Health District, pursuant to the NSW Health Services Act





May 02, 2023

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

                                                                 

                       Mick Fuller and his premier, Gladys Berejiklian

The former NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said in his notice to returning air travellers that Revenue NSW " will be charging a mandatory quarantine fee"  for their hotel quarantine. 

On the other ,  former NSW Ministers  Hazzard, Tudehope  have insisted that the  quarantine fees are being  charged by  Sydney Local Health District, pursuant to the NSW Health Services Act (HSA). 

Tudehope did however insist that the fee included police and Army security (which are not provided for in the HSA) 

The HSA does not confer Revenue NSW with powers to provide or charge for health services. 



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