GST on tampons to stay

Thursday 20 August 2015

Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has revealed in Parliament that the GST on tampons and other “sanitary products” will stay because not all states and territories were on board with the change.

Just last week, New South Wales Treasurer, Gladys Berejiklian, announced that she would not support removing the GST on tampons, arguing instead that a holistic approach to reform is required:

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.