ly not talking about a blanket exemption whatsoever. In reality, each of these three essential items will have many components…that will be subject to the new GST tax which people will have to pay for the rest of their lives." The GST exemption is applicable to school fees only, not uniforms, texts, transport etc. essential components of the current education system. The equity of GST-free private education that includes boarding school accommodation should also be questioned. This aspect of the education exemption does not display equality as it is in general only those families of wealth and social power (in particular within the framework of the old boys network therefore politically influential) who can in fact afford private education.
             "Should we be making it harder for Australian families to have and raise children?" Independent Senator Brian Harradine in his first detailed speech on tax reform posed this question to the Senate. This question was in relation to Senator Harradine's belief that key aspects in the propo
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