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No tax I am aware of "adds to the bottom line" (other than for the government who collects it). What the GST does is that it captures a lot of (as in a "broad range of") economic activity. It is difficult (not impossible, but difficult) to avoid. And, even better from the government's...

If by stamp duty you mean "stamp duty on property purchases", the reality is that it was never a part of the deal for getting the GST introduced.

Yes, most people don't realise that the GST can only be altered by by the agreement of all governments (state / territory / federal) [it was the same when it was introduced - in that sense the GST was more a Labour party tax than a Coalition tax, because at the time it was introduced the ALP was...