Cormann, Sen Mathias

Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:14): Firstly, the government has made no decision to increase the rate of the GST, so we reject the premise of the question. As I have indicated in answers to the two primary questions, the government will be releasing its policy proposals to improve the tax system to make it more growth friendly in good time before the next election.