Coalition pledges to fight tax rorts by global firms A COALITION government would introduce its own anti-avoidance and transfer-pricing measures to strengthen Australia's ability to combat international profit shifting, despite having voted against Labor's amendments in federal parliament in June. Mathias Cormann, the shadow assistant treasurer and opposition financial services spokesman, has confirmed to The Australian that the Coalition is just as committed to addressing the scourge of "tax-base erosion" that is now afflicting industrial nations around the world. But he says the changes should be introduced with wider industry consultation in order to make them efficient as well as effective.