Chris, this is Tony Abbott and the libs, not Julia Gilard and labor.

I think it will be fair game next election though, but they must find ways to protect the poor from any increases.

I agree with you Chris totally.
But look no way around this I am stunned that Rechtub has forgeten Abbott is a politician, there fore not to be trusted.
In this matter if he acts to raise the tax this term he is a true national leader.

Just an update.

According to Stephen Koukoulas:

The government borrowed another $800 million today - Tenure, 3 years Yield 2.76%

(the Abbott govt has borrowed over $3 billion since election)

chrisgaff1000,

Take it from you there will be a GST rise? When Labor returns to power in a decade or two maybe.

Parrot,

Yup the interest on the Labor debt keeps racking up. It is Labor's present to our grandchildren.

Hi folks, did anybody catch Today Tonight last night 24/9/13. Single mother would get $1738.42 a fortnight if she stopped working. It seems she has 2 kids at home.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/lifestyle/article/-/19089188/work-versus-welfare/
No wonder the clubs are full of poker machine players and the kids are roaming the streets.
Top cop in Cairns said today 24/9/13 in the Cairns Post 85% if crime is committed by indigenous people. He calls for child benefits to be cut to parents that don't send their kids to school.
What happened to the truancy laws?
I reme4mber being arrested at age 9, put before the children's court, sentenced to 9 years incarceration as a ward of the state and see my family disintegrate, my mother die of depression and my father become a chronic drunk because they wouldn't tell them were we kids were being held.
Now apparently truancy is not an offense.