The Age | Paul Keating slams a bigger GST as faux reform but admits hospital funding crisis The Age Former prime minister Paul Keating warns a 50 per cent increase in the GST would be fiscal folly and tax penury. Photo: Nic Walker. Paul Keating: Raising GST the thin end of the wedge · Health expenditure blows out year on year · PM willing to ditch ... Nationals talk down GST rise Illustration: John Spooner Australian politicians must bite the bullet on urgently-needed tax reform |