Nearly 80 Percent of Australians Want PwC Banned From Government Contracts: Survey

The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) offices stand in More London Riverside in London, England, on Oct. 2, 2018. Jack Taylor/Getty Images

A majority of Australians want consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to be banned from government contracts following the revelations the company used confidential government information to create products that allegedly allowed clients to not pay tax.

According to research released on June 20 by the Australia Institute, 79 percent or four in five Australians want the consulting firm banned from receiving new government work.