Hey.. to all you new blokes and sheilas..*welcome* :)

Sounds like a good choice for a scare campaign, but who knows.

Have fun all...

The GST, while collected by the Federal Govt, is a State tax, with revenue going to the States. It doesnt boost our Federal surpluses. There are presently several state govts, in particular NSW, that would salivate over the thought of new revenue. Heck, it might even bye what the NSW govt is waiting for to come good on its promise to abolish a whole range of other state taxes (which it was SUPPOSED to do after GST was introduced). Any NSW residents notice that the stamp duty (tax) on their insurance policies went up this year (yep, they were supposed to get rid of this one back in 2000)? its not the only state tax to rise. There are a few NSW state taxes due to decrease or phase out in 2012, but my (rather cynical) guess is the the incumbent labor govt is expecting liberals to be in power then, and will happily let them deal (or not deal) with the cashflow problems expected to arise from this.