Victoria won't support GST on food

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has ruled out supporting increasing the GST or broadening it to cover food.

A new Woolworths supermarket in Everton Park

(AAP) Source: AAP

The Victorian government won't support increasing the GST or broadening it to cover food.

Premier Daniel Andrews says he will argue against any moves to significantly change the consumption tax.

"If there are some sensible proposals - and there have been some put forward in relation to online transactions and things of that nature - that's a very different thing to putting GST on food for instance," he said on Tuesday.

Mr Andrews said if the federal government wanted to significantly change the tax, there had to be open debate.

"The Victorian government will not support changes to the GST, broadening the base and increasing the rate," he said.

"The GST is a very efficient tax, but it's not an equitable tax. It cannot make any judgment about a person's capacity to pay."


Share

1 min read

Published

Updated

Source: AAP


Share this with family and friends


Get SBS News daily and direct to your Inbox

Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS.

Download our apps
SBS News
SBS Audio
SBS On Demand

Listen to our podcasts
An overview of the day's top stories from SBS News
Interviews and feature reports from SBS News
Your daily ten minute finance and business news wrap with SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves.
A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability
Get the latest with our News podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS
SBS World News

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service
Watch the latest news videos from Australia and across the world