'Netflix tax' could cover $75m cost of removing GST on tampons, Labor says

ALP argues the tax on overseas downloads would bring in $350m, more than offsetting the cost of removing the GST on tampons and sanitary pads

Australian state and territory governments would forgo up to $75m in revenue over the four-year budget cycle if they agreed to a fresh push to exempt tampons and pads from the goods and services tax (GST), new figures suggest.

But the federal Labor party - which is backing the change - has argued it could be done at the same time as the new $350m "Netflix tax" takes effect, meaning the states and territories would be about $275m better off overall.