Productivity Commission defends call to scrap WA’s GST deal | ABC NEWS
A landmark Productivity Commission review has labelled Western Australia’s GST deal a “costly mistake”, arguing the system is inequitable.
Productivity Commissioner Angela Jackson responds to Premier Roger Cook’s claims that the reforms would reward “lazy states”. She explains why the commission says WA is receiving about 113 per cent of its assessed funding needs and why it believes the system has created unintended consequences for the rest of the country.
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