Federal government ministers are playing down allegations of concern among backbenchers over a possible increase of the GST. The opposition has reiterated calls for greater transparency over the issue -- criticising the government's tax reform agenda as being in chaos. Meanwhile, Australia was the first to sign the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), one of the world's biggest multi-national trade deals in New Zealand.
Federal government ministers are playing down allegations of concern among backbenchers over a possible increase of the GST. The opposition has reiterated calls for greater transparency over the issue -- criticising the government's tax reform agenda as being in chaos. Meanwhile, Australia was the first to sign the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), one of the world's biggest multi-national trade deals in New Zealand.
