The federal government says it has no plans to remove the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from tampons, after a major supermarket chain announced it's cutting ten per cent from its prices on female hygiene products.
Coles supermarkets have decided to permanently remove the equivalent cost of the GST from the goods, saying they should be treated the same as basic food, education and medical services, that are exempt from the tax.
Labor campaigned to have female hygiene products exempt in 2000.
But assistant treasurer Nick Sherry says there are no plans to remove it now.
"The government has made a commitment to maintain the existing GST arrangements," he told AAP.
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