George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I do not think you can have been listening to my answers to your first and second questions. I have just told you and let me say it again: the Turnbull government is not proposing an increase to the rate of the GST. There is no proposal from the Turnbull government to increase the GST to 15 per cent or to any other particular rate, but what we are doing is encouraging a national discussion about this. We believe that the Australian people are smart enough to welcome a serious public discussion about tax policy, something that was never vouchsafed to them when you were in government. We believe that the Australian people are smart enough to have an intelligent discussion about tax rates, something that they never had the opportunity to do when your side of politics was in power. We welcome the music of different views. We welcome the music of a variety of views, but we ourselves are not proposing an increase in the rate of the GST. (Time expired)