Albanese heads to national cabinet on collision course with premiers over GST
After vowing in Perth that WA's GST deal won't change while he's PM, Anthony Albanese now faces disgruntled Labor and Liberal premiers at this week's national cabinet demanding a fairer carve-up. The clash pits the resource state's guaranteed floor against other states seeking billions more in services funding. Listen for how the PM manages a room full of leaders who feel short-changed and what deals might emerge before December's final Productivity Commission report.
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The seventy-five cent GST floor prevents Western Australia's tax share from shrinking despite high mining revenues.
Maintaining the current GST distribution model will cost the federal government sixty billion dollars over a decade.
Western Australia would receive only twenty-five percent of its GST share without the current floor mechanism.
A coalition of five states and territories opposes the floor due to growing fiscal health disparities.
Labor prioritizes Western Australia's GST arrangements to protect key seats gained in the last federal election.
Western Australia receives an extra six point six billion dollars in the twenty twenty-six fiscal year.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Perth Vow and the Seventy-Five Cent Floor2 min
- 03The Sixty Billion Dollar Mistake2 min
- 04A Federation Divided: The Premiers' Revolt3 min
- 05The Resource State Defense2 min
- 06Outro1 min
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