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

My question is to the Treasurer. Today the member for Dickson proposed changing the GST on energy bills—a policy the Treasurer called a 'budget blower, an absolute budget blower'. Can the Treasurer confirm that, if the states lose billions of dollars in revenue from the change in the GST, there is a real risk they will have to cut spending on schools and hospitals as a result?

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