Removing tampon tax misses the bigger picture

Monday, 6 August 2018

Back in April, Labor pledged that if it wins the upcoming federal election it will amend the GST so that it no longer applies to women’s sanitary products, like tampons.

Now the Turnbull Government has followed suit:

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About the author

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.