Exclusive: Bill seeks to combat breaches of government information, with maximum penalty of $1.1m for individuals and $5.5m for corporations
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Companies and people who leak confidential government tax information would be hit with multimillion-dollar fines under draft legislation to be introduced by the New South Wales government.
The bill seeks to combat confidentiality breaches after the PwC scandal involving the leaking of commonwealth tax information.
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