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BHP is stepping up efforts to get to the bottom of a corruption scandal involving its coal operations in Queensland after swinging the axe on dozens of contractors, with a whistleblower telling The Australian the alleged corruption was widespread and that they had raised concerns with the police and ASIC.

Meanwhile, former PwC boss Luke Sayers’ consulting firm Sayers Group should remain banned from new government contracts, Greens Senator Barbara Pocock says, as the embattled consulting firm mulls a name change after the departure of the high-profile executive in the wake of a nude picture scandal. 

And Solomon Lew says Myer has hit a turning point and the new-look department store could become a retail powerhouse, delivering $5bn in annual sales in coming years.