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The row between the Turnbull government and Australia’s largest banks has intensified over the government’s insistence that bank CEOs sign non-disclosure agreements before seeing draft legislation on the proposed bank levy.
While Treasurer Scott Morrison maintains the requirement is standard practice for commercial representatives invited to review bills, Australian Bankers’ Association CEO Anna Bligh said yesterday the government is “going to extraordinary lengths to keep this tax hidden” and that the levy must be “tested in the public sphere”.
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Alex McKinnon, The Saturday Paper