Both the 'worst' GST deal and the NDIS blew out by billions but only one is sacred
The article analyzes the financial trajectory of a 2018 GST revenue-sharing deal between the Australian federal government and Western Australia. It notes that the cost of the deal has ballooned significantly beyond initial projections.
Why it matters
Examines fiscal policy and the long-term economic consequences of political deals made to secure regional support.
The Albanese government had a turbulent week with tussles over data centres and division within the Labor party over its humanitarian intake. ( ABC News: Matt Roberts )
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Former prime minister Scott Morrison must have been surprised when he was asked by a reporter in 2022, a few months before the federal election, whether he had "neglected" Western Australia.
Morrison, as treasurer, had stitched up a deal in 2018 to guarantee WA a larger slice of the pie from the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which he said would cost the federal budget about an extra $5 billion over about six years.
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