SYDNEY — Australian tax authorities on Thursday published the records of hundreds of companies, including Google and Apple, which show that they paid little or no tax on their earnings in the country.

Of more than 1,500 largely foreign-owned companies that reported total earnings over 100 million Australian dollars ($72.11 million) in the 2014 financial year, more than one-third paid no tax, the Australian Taxation Office data showed.

The commissioner of taxation, Chris Jordan, criticized certain foreign-owned companies for being “overly aggressive in the way they structure their operations.”

Australia has led efforts at the Group of 20 rich nations to close tax loopholes.

“Just because they don't pay tax doesn't mean that they are avoiding tax,” Kelly O’Dwyer, assistant treasurer, told reporters, adding that the government had strengthened the tax office's powers to ensure corporations paid their due.