Australia politics live: Labor makes move to crack down on consultants after latest scandal

Federal government releases options paper to improve regulation of accounting, auditing and consulting firms. Follow today’s news live

Good morning, Krishani Dhanji here with you for another busy sitting day, thanks to Martin Farrer for getting us started.

Gambling reforms will be on the government’s agenda today – but advocates are still pushing for the changes to go further to crack down on online gambling advertising.

In recent years, we have seen behaviour from some large accounting, auditing and consulting firms in Australia that is not fair and honest.

This has undermined trust in the firms themselves and raised broader questions about the resilience of the frameworks meant to uphold market integrity.

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