ohn Howard famously declared in 1995 that “never ever" would a goods and services tax be introduced if he became prime minister.
Howard had good reason to distance himself from the GST. It had proved to be a poisoned chalice for Liberal leader John Hewson , who largely lost the 1993 election because he promised to introduce one.
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