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political reporters Matthew Doran and Stephanie Borys

'Clearly disturbing': Treasury referred PwC to police after emails exposed by Senate

Steven Kennedy says he was disturbed by the PwC tax scandal. (ABC News: Nick Haggarty)

The head of federal Treasury, Steven Kennedy, has labelled conduct by PwC as "clearly disturbing", as he revealed the public release of a trove of emails from the consulting firm was the catalyst for him to call on the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to investigate a significant tax leak.

PwC is under fire for using confidential Treasury information on tax laws to benefit its client base, with the AFP launching a criminal probe into one of its former partners last week.

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