Bill Shorten has warned Tony Abbott would hike the GST rate if elected as PM.
Political analysts are pointing to a slump in the polls for federal Labor which would require a history-changing move to win the upcoming election.
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The budget has failed to give the Labor government a bounce, a Galaxy poll reveals.
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May 19, 2013, 8:59 amNSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has backed Tony Abbott's proposed tax review and says changes to the GST should be included.
May 19, 2013, 8:55 amThe coalition says it still reserves the right to go to a joint sitting of parliament if it wins office but is stopped from scrapping the carbon tax.
May 19, 2013, 6:29 amSupporters of marriage equality gathered in Tony Abbott's Sydney electorate to call on the Liberal Party to allow their members to have a conscience vote.
May 18, 2013, 5:05 pmBob Katter says flying foxes must be removed or culled after a horse contracted the lyssavirus.
May 18, 2013, 4:04 pm
Both the government and the opposition have ruled out hiking the GST if elected, but Labor has accused the coalition of having a plan to do just that.
May 18, 2013, 3:44 pmLabor launched a co-ordinated blitz against the coalition on Saturday, warning voters Tony Abbott will hurt super savings if elected prime minister.
May 18, 2013, 1:52 pmA 17-year-old boy has been charged with trying to abduct a five-year-old girl and threatening her family with a knife at a shopping centre in northern NSW.
May 18, 2013, 12:33 pmTwo men are fighting for their lives after separate serious assaults in Queensland.
May 18, 2013, 11:31 am
Police will wait till first light to resume searching for a toddler lost on the NSW mid-north coast.
May 17, 2013, 5:52 pmTwo Hong Kong nationals are behind bars after Australian authorities found $43 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in hairdressing products.
May 17, 2013, 5:19 pmQueensland MP Bob Katter says he's tipped to win four to five Senate spots and the new Palmer United Party doesn't cross his consciousness.
May 17, 2013, 5:12 pmArson attacks on a bikie clubhouse and a car in Melbourne's west could be a sign that a feud between gangs is escalating again, police say.
May 17, 2013, 4:56 pmQueensland's transport minister says the federal government is not being genuine in the way it will fund a major rail project for Brisbane.
May 17, 2013, 4:19 pmA truckie was thrown 20 metres from a busy Melbourne highway onto a road below in a crash that shut down the highway for most of Friday.
May 17, 2013, 4:08 pm
A horse on a property on southwest Queensland is the first to ever contract Australian Bat Lyssavirus, until now thought only to affect bats and humans.
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