Michael West, in the SMH continues his many articles on tax avoidance by major international companies who operate in Australia. He mentions many of them, including Big Pharma, Google, Paypal, Newscorp. He comments ‘How long can [these companies] continue to treat Australians as fools. While multinational tax avoidance remains so rife, how can governments possibly claim a democratic licence to his ordinary Australians with a hike in the GST.’ See link to article below:

http://www.smh.com.au/business/comment-and-analysis/focus-on-tax-avoidance-not-gst-hikes-20150802-gipm9k.html