Now Super let not the facts get in the way of a good story - Howard did indeed say there would never be a GST - BUT in the lead up to the next election (which he narrowly won) as part of his policy speech he said that if he was elected he WOULD introduce a GST. He won and he did. Juliar said as part of her election policy speech leading up to the last election that "a government led by her would NOT introduce a carbon tax". then in power she did - a subtle but significant difference.
A difference between the GST and the co2 tax. Other taxes were dispensed with when the GST was introduced whereas the co2 tax is an ADDITIONAL tax.
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