Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. Brian Abbott of St Clair is 39, single and has no children. He works, but does not earn enough to pay income tax. Brian wrote to me on Tuesday. He wrote, 'People relying on their savings, not claiming welfare payments and not paying tax are likely to be significantly impacted by a rise in the GST and not compensated for it.' How would the government compensate people like Brian for increasing the price of everything by jacking the GST up to 15 per cent?

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