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GST Stewardship Group

What the GST Stewardship Group does, contact details, members and key messages from meetings.

Last updated 23 April 2025

About the GST Stewardship Group

The goods and services tax (GST) stewardship group is one of the stewardship groups operated by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as a means of improving the client experience and administration of Australia’s tax, super and registry systems.

The group provides an opportunity for strategic discussion to develop and improve the administration and operation of the tax, super and registry systems into the future.

The group will focus on:

  • identifying opportunities to improve the tax and super system, specifically the operation and administration of the GST system, to make it easy to get things right and hard not to
  • gaining insights into issues faced by taxpayers operating in the GST system to improve future approaches and processes
  • communicating key ATO messages to the broader GST community.

Contact details

You can contact the secretariat of the GST stewardship group via email at gststewardshipgroup@ato.gov.au

Members

Group membership details

Organisation

Members

ATO

Hector Thompson (Co-chair), International, Support and Programs

ATO

Andrea Wood, International, Support and Programs

ATO

Darryl McCarthy, International, Support and Programs

ATO

Narda Phillips, Enterprise Solutions and Technology

ATO

Sarah Vawser, Individuals and Intermediaries

ATO

Will Day, Small Business

Australian Banking Association

Chris Plakias

Australian Bookkeepers Association

Kerrie Jarius

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

Kevin O'Rourke

Corporate Tax Association

Stephanie Caredes

CPA Australia

Ken Fehily

Digital Service Providers Australia New Zealand

Matthew Prouse

Independent Member

Jennee Chan

Law Council of Australia

Rhys Guild

Property Council of Australia

Elke Bremner

RSM Australia

Sam Mohammad

Small Business Representative

Amanda Gascoigne (Co-chair)

The Tax Institute

Bastian Gasser

Treasury

Emma Baudinette

University of New South Wales

Michael Walpole

Wesfarmers Limited

Caryn Bovell

Key messages

Key messages from meetings held in the last 3 years are available below.

For prior key messages, email the secretariat with your requirements.

 

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