Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 27-Jan-16

Strategies for lifting economic growth and employment will be on the agenda at the first meeting of federal Cabinet ministers for 2016. Industrial relations reforms may be part of the Federal Government’s election package, which could include a Productivity Commission recommendation to introduce enterprise contracts for companies that have at least 20 employees. The Government is also believed to favour increasing the GST and widening its scope to include fresh food. This would be accompanied by a reduction in the personal income and corporate tax rates.

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