Ms Hayne added it "solves problems we don't have and creates problems we don't need", while Murdoch Vice-Chancellor Andrew Deeks labelled it "nonsense".

This means its a non-starter. Buti needs to back off and realise how damaging a merger would be.

Deloitte has called the errors "minor" and said they do not affect the findings of the cost-benefit analysis.

What a surprise, an accounting firm paid to give governments reasoning for the answers said government wants comes back with a rosey report riddled with AI corner cutting errors.

If Buti was taking this idea seriously he'd have set up a working group in a department, not one of these legitimacy washers that have lost all credibility.

The fact they continue to find more ways to lack any credibility as useful companies in our system astounds me. I'd be embarrassed to work for Deloitte or one of the other big four accounting firms now. Delivering nothing of value to our society, while sucking up as much cash as they can.

More fool us for electing governments who still use them for anything.