Wednesday 7 August 2013. Labor lies on GST. Contrary to reports that a Coalition Government will increase the good and services tax, the Coalition has no plans whatsoever to change the GST. We have said this many times.

The Australian Financial Review headline is misleading. Any suggestion that the Coalition wants to change the GST is just yet another Labor lie.


The GST can’t be changed without the consent of every single state and territory, including the Labor-run states.


We are prepared to have a debate about tax reform but any changes arising out of the white paper process would first be put to the Australian people at the next election.


Our absolute and continuing objective is to have taxes which are lower, simpler and fairer – as seen by our announcement today that a future Coalition Government would cut the company tax rate.

There is only one party that introduces and increases taxes without a mandate, and only one Government that deliberately seeks to increase cost of living pressures for all households via the Carbon Tax, and that's the Labor Party.