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Treasury faces tough questions over PwC data leak scandal

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Secretary of the Treasury Dr Steven Kennedy during Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra. Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE

Global accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has government contracts worth 255 million dollars. In January, Tax Practitioners Board found that the then-head of the company, Peter Collins, revealed sensitive government information to help multinational tech companies evade tax. 54 employees of the company are believed to be involved in this scandal. Meanwhile, Senates Estimates has posed tough questions to the Treasury over the security of government data.


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