KPMG chair-elect admits to sending ‘naive, embarrassing and wrong’ email
Steadysecond windCoverage went quiet for 3 days, then returned with 3 more reports - 3 voices in all.
The headline, as it mutated - 3 wordings
- 10 Aug, 05:49KPMG chair-elect admits to sending ‘naive, embarrassing and wrong’ email1 outlet
- 10 Aug, 09:52'Naive, embarrassing': KPMG chair-elect's email apology2 outlets
- 14 Aug, 08:45'I am so sorry': audit investigator's belated apology3 outlets
original reportingcopies
Mon, 10 August 2026peak 3 reports on Mon, 10 August 2026Fri, 14 August 2026
What it is about
Michael EbeidDeborah OneillMartin SheppardAustralian AssociatedTelstraAustraliaAustralianEileen HoggettwhoGlenn StevensJames McclellandAndrew YatesKim LawryEileen HoggettWestpacCanberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Who published it, and when
original reportcopyfirst to report
brisbanetimes.com.au
crookwellgazette.com.au
muswellbrookchronicle.com.au
queanbeyanage.com.au
bendigoadvertiser.com.au
irrigator.com.au
10 Aug, 05:49over 4 days14 Aug, 08:45
How it spread - 3 original reports, 3 reprints
Mon, 10 August 2026
2 reports- brisbanetimes.com.au05:49first to report
Former SBS chief Michael Ebeid has apologised for undermining allegations from a whistleblower at KPMG.
- crookwellgazette.com.au09:52
The chairman-to-be of a major consultancy firm has issued a mea culpa for casting doubt on whistleblower claims...
1 reprint
- muswellbrookchronicle.com.au10 Aug, 09:52their copy
Fri, 14 August 2026
1 report- irrigator.com.au08:45
An investigator has apologised to a Senate inquiry for failing to properly probe claims of misconduct at one...
2 reprints
- queanbeyanage.com.au14 Aug, 08:45their copy
- bendigoadvertiser.com.au14 Aug, 08:45their copy