Brendan Nelson (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister recall the following interview on 16 January 2007 with 3AW’s Neil Mitchell:

MITCHELL: Would you at least remove the GST component on petrol?

RUDD: No, I don’t think you can go that far.

MITCHELL: Why not?

RUDD: I think you’ve got a system when it comes to the application of GST across the general economy you start gouging out more exceptions, I think the taxation system becomes ungovernable.

Why has the Prime Minister now backflipped? Isn’t it the case that this latest review into the GST paid on petrol is just more spin coming from a government more concerned about itself than families buckling under the pressure of crippling petrol prices?

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