Peter Malinauskas and Chris Minns urge federal government to fix unfair funding deal
State premiers Peter Malinauskas and Chris Minns are pressuring the Australian federal government to reform the GST distribution deal, which they argue unfairly benefits Western Australia. They warn that the current arrangement, established in 2018, is fiscally unsustainable and politically damaging.
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The dispute over GST revenue sharing is a significant point of contention in Australian federal-state relations and national economic policy.
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Share A A A South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has warned Anthony Albanese he could lose vital seats across the east coast if he fails to resolve key problems with the way the GST is carved up among the states and territories.
As NSW Premier Chris Minns said the arrangement, which is on track to cost federal taxpayers $60 billion by the end of the decade, was terrible for his state’s residents, Malinauskas said voters were waking up to the fact the Morrison-era deal was not working for the entire nation.
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