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‘A costly mistake’: new review finds giving WA billions in extra GST was unfair to other states

The Productivity Commission has recommended undoing the controversial 2018 changes to the distribution of goods and services tax (GST) revenue between the states that has cost taxpayers A$23 billion.

The Conversation · Aug 14

Is there any hope for a fairer carve-up of the GST between the states?

When the Western Australian state government handed down its state budget on Thursday, it showed a balance sheet solidly in the black with a A$2.5 billion surplus. But, as it has for seven years, the state has received an outsized boost to its coffers from the federal government.

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2025

Major delays for Sydney trains amid urgent repairs; human remains found at Sydney home – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2025

Queensland and NSW lose GST as taxpayers fork out $5.2bn for WA’s special deal

Most states and territories will receive more GST revenue according to recommendations of Commonwealth Grants Commission

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2024

NSW, Queensland biggest losers in 'absurd' GST carve-up

Victoria and Western Australia are multi-billion-dollar winners in the latest carve-up of the Goods and Services Tax , which NSW has slammed as "absurd".

AAP · Mar 12, 2024

It's time to end Western Australia's $4 billion-per-year GST bonus

The Morrison government’s decision to give a special deal to Western Australia for the distribution of the income from the goods and service tax is one of the worst public policy decisions made in Australia in the past two decades.

The Conversation · May 31, 2023