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Labor has promised the income tax cuts... and so has Howard...

But which party is most likely to raise the GST?

Already a NSW state ALP rep has had to withdraw comments claiming Swan told her they would increase the GST.


http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21466309-2702,00.html?from=public_rss

Premiers urged: raise GST, cut income tax Font Size: Decrease Increase Print Page: Print Stephen Lunn | March 29, 2007
A HIGH-LEVEL report prepared for the Labor premiers has raised the prospect of increasing the GST and lowering income taxes as part of a broader set of measures to overhaul federal-state relations.

The premiers are being told that Australia could reap a "federalism dividend" of $86billion a year - or $4188 a head - if taxes such as the 10per cent GST and income tax rates were traded off to give the states greater financial freedom.