PwC crisis deepens amid calls for gov't business ban. Labor senator Deborah O'Neill says criminal charges can't be ruled out

There are growing calls for PWC to be banned from taking on more federal government contracts after the consulting giant allegedy used confidential information to help clients "work-around" anti-tax avoidance laws.

Labor senator Deborah O'Neill wants to name around fifty PWC partners implicated in the scandal and says criminal in addition to civil penalties should be considered to deal with what she calls theft and deception from Australian taxpayers.

Here's my report on AM

I spoke with former ACCC chairman Allan Fels who says the PwC scandal was a ticking timebomb waiting to happen