Australian Labor Party leader Kim Beazley continued to oppose it during the Howard government 's second term . During the 2001 election campaign , Labor made a ' GST rollback ' a centrepiece of its election platform . Labor attempted to reprise the effects of the birthday cake interview by deriding the application of GST to cooked and uncooked chickens , but failed to ignite public response to the limited scope of the rollbacks applying only to gas and electricity bills . Labor lost the election , and though the September 11 attacks and the so-called Tampa affair dominated the campaign , the loss would effectively end all serious opposition to the GST
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Goods and services tax (Australia)