Labor has rebuffed an offer from the Greens to carve out smaller banks from its proposal to levy $1.1 million fines against law-breaking executives.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Labor’s aborted attempt on Thursday to levy the $1.1 million fines has not damaged the party’s relationship with big business.
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