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Article: GST IMPOSES HUGE PRICE-CHANGING TASK ON AUSTRALIAN RETAILERS.
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- AsiaPulse News
- Article date:
- June 26, 2000
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SYDNEY, June 26 Asia Pulse - On Friday night, while millions of ordinary Australians are down at their favourite watering hole or snuggling up in bed, a small army will be out in force across Australia.
Tens of thousands of staff have been called in by Australia's retailing giants to undertake the massive task of changing prices for the first day of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1.
Forget that late night trip to Coles or Woolworths to pick up some extra supplies - supermarkets will be closed overnight on Friday as the army gets to work.
The major firms this week found it difficult to pinpoint how much of an impact the impending GST ...