South Australian businesses are firmly in favour of reform to the GST, with a majority supporting an increase in the GST rate to allow the abolition of state stamp duties, a survey has found.
Premier Jay Weatherill has vowed to deal “constructively” with Malcolm Turnbull at tomorrow’s Council of Australian Governments meeting in Canberra, but insists the Prime Minister’s proposed tax shake-up is “unworkable”.
Premier Jay Weatherill has rejected a proposed tax shakeup that would see states levying their own income tax in a bid to bolster their health and education funding needs.
In our opinion series Off the Bench, two of South Australia’s brightest backbench MPs – one Labor, one Liberal – trade arguments on key issues. Today, Labor MP Chris Picton responds to Liberal MP Stephan Knoll’s argument that the state doesn’t need more tax income.