by the CPRS, there's now a three year fixed price. So the issue has well and truly been debated. Stephen says: 11:13am | 14/09/11 Persephone... Whilst there has been much debate, there is no consensus. So, how about a referendum on the issue? If we are to believe Juliar, and her puppet master, Brown, they are speaking for the majority of Australians, then they should have nothing to fear. So lets put it to the people? Or are you concerned that the people are not informed enough, after these years of debate? We both know why there will be no referendum. It disempowers the political parties and their dogmatic ideology. It makes political parties less relevant, and we can't have that, can we? Political parties know whats good for us, don't they. They are anointed by a wisdom and insight that we mere mortals simply don't have access to. Until the next election. jf says: 11:30am | 14/09/11 The GST was first formally proposed by Keating in 1985 and finally passed in 1999 - 14 years. The GST was mooted by others, on boths sides of politics before that. "There have been something like 35 Parliamentary enquiries." Waste upon waste upon waste. Nothing to boast about Perse. A parliamentary enquiry is not a debate. The debate is still very much alive and kicking. Dan says: 12:22pm | 14/09/11 "It's a tax on living a tax on breathing, it's the ultimate free trade tax, it's a tax on everything!" Actually, it's