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GST

The latest news and comment on Australia's goods and services tax

June 2024

  • NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, NSW Deputy Premier Prue Car, NSW Minister for Finance Courtney Houssos, and NSW Premier Chris Minns pose for a photograph ahead of the 2024-2025 NSW State Budget, at NSW Parliament in Sydney.

    NSW state budget 2024: 30,000 new homes pledged amid ‘unprecedented intervention in housing market’

    Housing is at the centre of an otherwise restrained state budget
  • NSW treasurer Daniel Mookhey and premier Chris Minns prepare to hand down the 2024-25 NSW state budget

    NSW budget: treasurer sets scene for restraint as state faces $10bn deficit over four years

    Hopes of return to surplus dashed as Labor blames ‘unfair’ GST carve-up
  • NSW treasurer Daniel Mookhey

    Housing to be at the centre of NSW budget, with more homes for those in need

    Treasurer Daniel Mookhey foreshadows more money for social and affordable housing while lamenting drop in state’s GST share

April 2024

  • Daniel Mookhey

    Drop in GST revenue will cost NSW ‘more than Covid’, treasurer says

    Daniel Mookhey says ‘absurd’ carve-up of GST allocations means the state will ‘almost certainly’ lose its coveted AAA credit rating

March 2024

  • Composite image of Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas and NSW premier Chris Minns.

    ‘He is a tool’: the NSW and Victorian rivalry rears its head over the GST. What happened to the lovefest?

  • The NSW treasurer, Daniel Mookhey, said the results show “how out of touch the commonwealth grants commission is”.

    Queensland and NSW lose GST as taxpayers fork out $5.2bn for WA’s special deal

February 2024

  • Anthony Albanese writes and signs ‘No Change To WA GST’ on the forearm of Dylan Caporn

    Albanese signs WA GST pledge on reporter’s arm and signals possible support for state’s nickel miners

    PM says federal government will make ‘no changes’ to Western Australia GST payments, which could hit $50bn over a decade

December 2023

  • Anthony Albanese with the premiers and chief ministers of the territories at a press conference at Parliament House on Wednesday

    Albanese strikes $10.5bn deal with states to split cost of non-NDIS disability services in return for GST funding

    National cabinet agrees on 50-50 funding model to cover additional disability services known as ‘foundational supports’

January 2023

  • Former Australian prime minister John Howard and minister Philip Ruddock in 2005

    Philip Ruddock’s Sydney council challenges legality of GST levies on local government

    Exclusive: Hornsby mayor was a cabinet minister in Howard government when it introduced the tax in 2000

March 2022

  • Victorian premier Daniel Andrews

    ‘Here to get things done’: Daniel Andrews prepares for battle over paid sick leave

    Exclusive: Victoria’s premier reveals why he is gearing up for a showdown with the Coalition government and business over benefits for casual workers

December 2020

  • Prime minister John Howard

    John Howard 2000 cabinet papers: climate wars and the conservative re-engineering of Australia

    Newly released documents reveal a government preoccupied with GST, carbon emissions and returning the country to the prime minister’s ideal

April 2020

  • Josh Frydenberg-PM Scott Morrison<br>The treasurer Josh Frydenberg at a press conference with prime minister Scott Morrison in the PM’s courtyard of parliament house in Canberra. Monday 30th March 2020. Photograph by Mike Bowers. Guardian Australia. Coronavirus Australia.

    Frydenberg says easing coronavirus restrictions ahead of medical advice 'dangerous and unrealistic'

    Treasurer predicts ‘significant increase in unemployment’ but says business leaders understand the need to follow health advice

December 2019

  • Peter Costello faces the media in May 1999

    Cabinet papers 1998-99: Coalition's campaign to unleash the GST laid bare

    Tax reform dominated debate, as ministers discussed East Timor and the 2000 Olympics – and resisted climate action

September 2019

  • Passengers walk through Melbourne airport

    Up to $557m in GST lost as Australians rort traveller rebate scheme

    A scheme allowing travellers to claim back GST when they leave Australia has been widely rorted, audit office finds

November 2018

  • Generic photo of Amazon Australia’s website, Friday, November 24, 2017. Amazon is expected to be launched this week. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

    Amazon reopens global store to Australians in time for Black Friday sales

  • Green senators Richard Di Natale and Sarah Hanson-Young.

    Australian politics live with Amy Remeikis
    Greens to establish a 'fair dinkum' power inquiry – as it happened

October 2018

  • Treasurer Josh Frydenberg at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, October 16, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

    GST changes: Frydenberg backs down to guarantee no state will lose out

  • The shadow treasurer, Chris Bowen, the Labor leader, Bill Shorten, and the opposition finance spokesman, Jim Chalmers

    Labor says Frydenberg will be forced into backdown on GST guarantee

  • Greg Jericho

    Grogonomics
    Axing the tampon tax seems a good move – but is it the best move?

    Greg Jericho
  • Bill Shorten and Chris Bowen

    Labor signals it will pass GST floor with no state safeguard

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