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Luke Costin

'Novel' claim to have GST money cover Qld debt to NSW

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is trying to get Queensland to pay for quarantine hotel stays during COVID. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Calculations to carve up $95 billion in GST revenue between states should take into consideration Queenslanders' unpaid hotel bills, the NSW treasurer says.

Daniel Mookhey laid out his latest plan on Friday to reconcile a hotel quarantine debt he says is owed by the Sunshine State as a result of COVID-19 hotel quarantine stays in Sydney.

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