The federal health department is taking a fresh look at contracts worth $25 million with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) check on any conflicts of interest.
A Senate estimates committee heard on Friday the department had 12 contracts with the major consultancy firm.
“We are actively engaging with PwC at the moment to identify any of those potential areas (of conflicts),” department secretary Professor Brendan Murphy said.
“They assure us that they have processes to manage these things, but we are going through every one of our contracts.”
The committee heard some of the contracts were entered into this year after the Tax Practitioners Board took action against former PwC partner Peter Collins over his sharing of confidential government briefings on multinational tax reform with partners and clients….