Government pressed on potential GST increase

Senator Glenn Lazarus at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. A coalition of senators has today confirmed it will not support the Governments proposal to change the structure of superannuation boards. Source: AAP

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.

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