Put the GST on private health insurance and private schools, not fresh food

By Gareth Hutchens
Updated January 8 2015 - 10:43am, first published 9:36am
Food for thought: Health experts have raised fears that applying the GST to fresh food will worsen rates of obesity and chronic disease.
Food for thought: Health experts have raised fears that applying the GST to fresh food will worsen rates of obesity and chronic disease.
Country Liberal MP Dan Tehan sparked debate on raising the GST this week, saying the tax should cover fresh food, education and health. Photo: Angela Milne
Country Liberal MP Dan Tehan sparked debate on raising the GST this week, saying the tax should cover fresh food, education and health. Photo: Angela Milne
Charging the GST on private health and education would raise an extra $2.3 billion a year, according to new research. Photo: Peter Braig
Charging the GST on private health and education would raise an extra $2.3 billion a year, according to new research. Photo: Peter Braig

The Abbott government should apply the GST to private health and education, rather than fresh food, if it wants to raise more revenue with the tax, according to research from think tank The Australia Institute.

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