Government pressed on potential GST increase

Federal government ministers are playing down allegations of concern among backbenchers over a possible increase of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The opposition has reiterated calls for greater transparency over the issue -- criticising the government's tax reform agenda as being in chaos. And some cross-bench senators want to see alternative ways of generating revenue, rather than through a rise in the G-S-T.

Senator Glenn Lazarus Source: AAP