States at odds over coal royalty revenue, GST cut

Coal royalties were expected to add $11.388 billion to Queensland's 2023 2024 budget bottom line. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Queensland has rejected NSW's call for a coal revenue overhaul, saying it should not be punished for implementing its own lucrative royalties scheme.

Queensland Deputy Premier Cameron Dick hit back after it emerged the Commonwealth Grants Commission was looking at how coal royalties revenue was calculated following a NSW government submission.