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

It was a constructive national conversation, an element of which—thank you, Senator Carr—was about changes to the GST, a topic that was introduced into the discussion by two state premiers: Mr Weatherill, the Labor Premier of South Australia; and Mr Baird, the Liberal Premier of New South Wales. As a result of a very long and thorough discussion about the GST, which involved more constructive contributions on the part of the Australian Labor Party than we have heard from you in this parliament, we have decided to make certain decisions in relation— (Time expired)