{
  "id": 819432,
  "title": "Westpac director says bank’s board was kept in dark over KPMG allegations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/westpac-director-says-banks-board-was-kept-in-dark-over-kpmg-819432",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T23:25:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/westpac-director-says-bank-s-board-was-kept-in-dark-over-kpmg-allegations-20260813-p60o3v.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Westpac board member Michael Ullmer has told a parliamentary committee how the only warning of the KPMG whistleblower allegations relating to the bank was made to fellow director Peter Nash, who did not tell the rest of the bank’s board.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Westpac director says bank’s board was kept in dark over KPMG allegations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/westpac-director-says-banks-board-was-kept-in-dark-over-kpmg",
        "published": "2026-08-13T23:25:17.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}