Minister's U-turn on GST
AROUND 150 Islanders sent out an angry 'no' to GST last night - and barracked the Health Minister, Ben Shenton, until he promised to reverse his stance and vote to delay the tax.
Although Senator Shenton is trying to exempt food and newspapers from GST, he has previously accepted that there was no viable alternative to the tax.
But last night he agreed to change his stance and will now vote to defer the tax at Tuesday's crucial GST debate in the States.
The Senator's U-turn has dismayed Chief Minister Frank Walker.
'Yesterday at a Council of Ministers meeting he twice confirmed positively that he supported GST. Sadly, I'm not surprised by what happened last night. I thought it was always on the cards.
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