{"id":32808,"date":"2015-07-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/premier-open-minded-on-gst-2\/"},"modified":"2015-07-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T00:00:00","slug":"premier-open-minded-on-gst-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/premier-open-minded-on-gst-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier open-minded on GST"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Jay Weatherill says a GST hike could solve the state\u2019s revenue problem.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been campaigning for a long time now to get this $80 billion cut that the Federal Government imposed to our health and education systems reversed,\u201d Mr Weatherill told David, Mark and Jane on FIVEAA.<\/p>\n<p>He said the cut was \u201cunsustainable\u201d and that the state needed a \u201crevenue measure\u201d to fill the hole.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal Premier of NSW Mike Baird triggered a national debate when he&nbsp;suggested lifting the GST to 15%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not particularly attracted to a GST increase because it tends to hit those people on lowest incomes the hardest, but at least we\u2019re talking about the real problem,\u201d Mr Weatherill said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the only way to fix the problem was to \u201craise more revenue\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to Jay Weatherill here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215615492&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/afl-an-ugly-argument\">AFL RIGHT NOW IS THE UGLIEST IT&#8217;S BEEN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/quinn-walsh-awards-thompson-medal\">BRAVE QUINN AWARDS PHIL WALSH MEDAL TO SCOTT THOMPSON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Weatherill says a GST hike could solve the state\u2019s revenue problem. \u201cWe\u2019ve been campaigning for a long time now to get this $80 billion cut that the Federal Government imposed to our health and education systems reversed,\u201d Mr Weatherill told David, Mark and Jane on FIVEAA. 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