Labor leader Bill Shorten announces multinational tax avoidance policy, big business and Hockey sceptical

By Gareth Hutchens
Updated March 3 2015 - 8:18am, first published March 2 2015 - 7:04pm
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Labor leader Bill Shorten has unveiled his first substantial tax policy as Opposition leader, saying Labor could raise almost $2 billion in extra revenue by cracking down on multinational profit shifting and boosting funding for the Australian Tax Office to investigate corporate tax avoidance.

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