After years of debate Australia scraps 'tampon tax'

The "tampon tax" has drawn widespread fire, branded as "sexist" by campaigners, and a regular source of bickering between Canberra, and state and territory governments, which receive revenues from the GST. Australia's health minister in 2000 Michael Wooldridge set a dark trajectory for the tax when he suggested tampons should not be exempt as they did not "prevent illness".

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xVBwzH