National cabinet aftermath: what premiers won from Albanese after GST clash
After Wednesday's national cabinet meeting that pitted Anthony Albanese against premiers demanding a GST overhaul, attention turns to what was actually agreed once the PM held the line on WA's deal to 2029. This shapes billions in future funding for every state's hospitals, schools and services. Listen for what other premiers extracted in return and how the December Productivity Commission final report now looms over federal-state relations.
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The cost of Western Australia's GST deal surged from five billion to nearly twenty-three billion dollars.
The Productivity Commission labeled the twenty eighteen GST reforms a costly mistake that lacks equity.
Federal funding for the bird flu response increased by one hundred and twenty-five million dollars.
National Cabinet agreed to modernize firearms laws by specifically banning three-D printed weapons.
The federal government committed three point nine billion dollars to the National Access to Justice Partnership.
Current GST arrangements are projected to cost the federal government sixty billion dollars by twenty thirty.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Line in the Sand2 min
- 03The Productivity Commission's Verdict2 min
- 04The Consolation Prizes3 min
- 05The December Deadline2 min
- 06Outro1 min
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