I would like to see that DEBATE..... not them talking about themselves...
economists asking them questions.??..
I would like to see that...
I cant see any other way for GST to go.. to be honest....an increase has beena long time coming...we have been pretty lucky.. what with our mining boom and all..but the good times are over... and we need to suck it up and get on with it..stop whinging...its almost 16 years......
and apart from the few who lives were altered beyond repair when it first came in....we are so used to it.. no one knows how much they pay each week in GST

we have to grow up.. and realise its the best and most equal way .
no one wants to pay TAX....but then no one wants to go without either...
all it amounts to... is let the user pay????...
if I dont want to pay gst on a chicken I buy a raw one and cook it myself..... if I cant be bothered I buy a cooked one and pay the service charge....
its all about choices.....
come on Australians wake up.....we pay bugger all by some countries standards..
the Libs have been pushing it since 14 years and even 16 is nothing for a tax that we were assured would be sufficient to drive the next century.
Remember the mechanism behind this tax was meant to make it impossible for it to be increased at any time. That was the commitment from the Liberals.
Abbott / Turnbull are the very next Liberal government and they are pissing on Howards guarantee.