PM rejects calls for GST-free power bills

By Fergus Hunter
Updated September 7 2017 - 5:18pm, first published 5:11pm
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with Minister Josh Frydenberg at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 6 September 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with Minister Josh Frydenberg at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 6 September 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has pushed back against calls to remove GST from electricity bills, expressing concern about the multibillion-dollar impact on state and territory government budgets and observing other taxes could just be increased to compensate for the shortfall.

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