Benge, Matt Nicholas2009-09-152010-12-202009-09-152010-12-20Agenda 6.1 (1999): 91-941322-18331447-4735http://hdl.handle.net/10440/847http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/847Australia's Commonwealth government is claiming that it has a mandate to introduse the reforms it put to the voters at the October 1998 election. These reforms include a 10 per cent goods and services tax (GST) on a wide range of goods and services, including food. However, the Australian Democrats, whose members are close to holding the balance of power in the Senate, claim an opposing mandate. They promised to make the government's tax package 'fairer'. In particular, they have vowed to oppose a GST on food.4 pageshttp://epress.anu.edu.au/faqs/faqs_copyright.html#1 "Authors are not permitted to publish works published by ANU E Press on any other web site except their personal sites or sites associated with their institutions, as long as these are non-commercial sites. Authors are permitted to post the title and abstract of their book on any relevant web site as well as posting links on any site that direct readers to ANU E Press site." - from publisher web site (as at 19/02/10)2009-09-152015-12-12