Great on the conspiracy theory fellows but no one changed the name of stamp duty tariffs fees state charges and taxes . The truth is The Feds created the GST ,there was some talk of abolishing a host of state taxes tariffs ect ,in the name of streamlining the tax system ,All the states excepted Fed disturbed GST $ very few state taxes were abolished, Premiers run the states not Canberra.
What's more there plenty of blame to spread around Libs and the ALP both have been in Gov Fed+ state and we still have Stamp duty tariff's GST plus a carbon tax mining tax coming and the green's talk about death taxes,