The prime minister questions whether increasing the goods and services tax will boost economic growth once compensation and tax cuts are taken in Malcolm Turnbull has demanded state governments increase their own taxes – such as land tax or payroll tax – and run health systems more efficiently to share the cost of the looming hospitals funding crisis.
After a week in which the government has appeared to chilly on the plan of increasing the goods and services tax,and backbenchers absorb openly criticised the plan, Turnbull used an interview with Adelaide radio to talk up the complexities of the move and reinforce the growing insight that he is unenthusiastic about it.
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Source: theguardian.com