University of Sydney urged to ‘come clean’ on payment to company it part-owns with PwC
by Henry Belot and Melissa Davey from on (#6DCXC)
Greens say the university's payment to Innowell is a scandal' and shows the need for an overhaul of uni governance
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The Greens have criticised the University of Sydney and called on management to come clean and disclose" more detail about a payment to a for-profit company it part-owns with PwC.
The university paid the company Innowell Pty Ltd to provide a health and wellbeing portal" to its staff and students. Innowell's major shareholders are the University of Sydney (32%) and consultancy firm PwC (45%). University of Sydney professors Ian Hickie and Jane Burns are also minor shareholders.
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