Harvey Norman says election fails to deliver sales lift Katie Page, managing director of Harvey Norman and Gerry Harvey's wife/ Source: The Australian "We were expecting after the election that there might be some huge jump but there wasn't," chief executive Katie Page told the company's annual meeting. The electronics and furniture retailer was hoping for a stronger Christmas period, she said. Mr Harvey also lashed out at the current GST exemption on foreign purchases of less than $1000, calling it a "rort" which he believed state and federal treasurers would agree to lower.