Treasury must ensure it can ‘pay for all' government spending
Ms Chikarovski told Sky News Australia that the GST has 'already been ruled out'.
'So, what tweaks or what substantial changes can you make that will actually leave people better off, and that's the issue.
'We need to make sure that we can pay for all the spending that we're being involved in.'
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