Iin a political climate where people are craving leadership, and Australia’s productivity needs a desperate shot in the arm, advocating a tax swap should be opportune, writes Adam Creighton, a research fellow at The Centre For Independent Studies.
Gst policy
Rosenbloom: PM is using weasel words on the GST-equity debate
Despite a very hostile initial reaction, there’s going to be no let-up in the major campaign launched by Australian retailers for the federal government to level the tax playing-field, writes Henry Rosenbloom, founder and publisher of Scribe.
Tips and rumours
The ALP’s GST policy, to be released by Rudd this coming Thursday, is going to include an exemption from GST for “female sanitary products”, that is pads and tampons. Although the words “rollback” are not going to be mentioned, the ALP also intends to exempt a few other household items from the GST. My son […]
