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Jacob Shteyman

PM puts lid on GST hikes, pledges boost for business

Anthony Albanese will clear the way for the private sector to drive the nation's economic growth. (Max Mason-Hubers/AAP PHOTOS)

The prime minister has trimmed expectations Australia's goods and services tax could be raised as part of a suite of changes that includes lower income taxes.

While he did not want to rule any policy changes in or out of the government's economic reform agenda, Anthony Albanese was far from supportive of increasing consumption taxes in comments to a News Corp event on Friday.

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