PwC Australia scandal: $27m river modelling contract referred to audit body

Murray-Darling Basin Authority seeks assurances that confidential information has not been compromised

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The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has written to PricewaterhouseCoopers seeking assurances that confidential information contained in audit and river modelling contracts worth more than $28m has not been shared.

PwC holds the $775,000 three-year contract to audit the MDBA, ending on 30 June this year. It was also awarded a major contract to streamline river models on to a single platform.

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