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ANZ chief rips into SA copycat tax
ANZ Bank CEO Shayne Elliott has gone on the offensive and torn shreds off the SA government for duplicating the federal government's major bank levy.
James Frost writes about banking, funds management and superannuation. Based in Melbourne, James has been reporting on specialist business and finance topics for more than a decade and is the former editor of Smart Investor magazine.
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