Australia politics live: Greens and Coalition in talks to pressure Labor on gambling, Hanson-Young confirms

Two Ernst and Young employees have been sacked after accessing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's personal bank account details through Commonwealth Bank systems, according to the Guardian. The breach has prompted criminal charges. Albanese described the incident as alarming and emphasized that accessing any Australian's private information is unacceptable. The scandal is accelerating the government's push for stricter regulations of the accounting, auditing, and consulting sector.

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