Jim Chalmers ‘furious’ after former PwC tax adviser found to have shared confidential government briefings with staff

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has labelled the former head of international tax at PwC’s disclosure of confidential briefings ‘an appalling breach of trust’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Jim Chalmers has said he is “absolutely furious” at findings a former PwC tax adviser breached the confidentiality of multinational tax consultations by disclosing them to other staff at the firm without authorisation.

On Wednesday, the treasurer promised to “throw the book” at people responsible for what he labelled a “shocking breach of trust, an appalling breach of trust”.