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FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsPremiumBragg ‘wrong’ on GST punishment plan, Cash says

A senior Liberal has been slapped down over a proposal to tie States’ GST shares to housing development, with a WA colleague labelling the comments as ‘wrong’. 

Dylan Caporn

federal politicsCommentsPremiumPM seizes on GST ‘threat’ by Liberal Senator

Anthony Albanese has pounced on what he labelled a ‘threat’ by a Liberal senator to cut GST payments to jurisdictions that don’t fulfil their housing targets.

Rebecca Le May

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Albanese launches attack on Dutton with GST scare adverts

The Albanese Government is going after Peter Dutton on GST, telling West Australians they stand to lose $36.5 billion in GST receipts if the Coalition wins the next Federal election.

Joe Spagnolo

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WA’s GST deal ‘un-Australian’, ‘embarrassing’: Top whinger

GST whinger-in-chief Saul Eslake has claimed WA’s nation-leading financial position was achieved ‘not by the hard work of many Western Australians’ but is rather the result of dumb luck and China.

Dylan Caporn

Federal politicsCommentsPremiumBarnett pitches GST overhaul in battle with WA deal basher

An east coast economist has attacked the Federal Government’s assurances on WA’s GST share, labelling it the worst public policy decision of the century.

Katina Curtis and Dan Jervis-Bardy

WA newsCommentsPremiumSmall WA business owner hit with big bill over payroll tax

Christian Watters was elbow deep in dishes at one of his six cafes when he received a phone call from a WA Treasury official demanding to know why he had not yet submitted his payroll tax forms.

Josh Zimmerman

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Shane Love vows to slash payroll tax with WA’s GST windfall

Nationals Leader Shane Love has vowed to use WA’s GST windfall to slash payroll tax for more than 11,000 businesses in his first major pitch to voters ahead of the 2025 election. 

Josh Zimmerman

State politicsCommentsPremiumWA ‘doing it tough’ on GST despite East Coast attacks

Rita Saffioti hit back at the Australian Financial Review — and South Australia — for criticising WA’s share of the GST.

Jake Dietsch

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumCook blasts east coast over GST deal complaints

Premier Roger Cook has told his NSW counterpart the State needed to ‘live within its means’, defending the GST deal which has netted WA billions of additional dollars.

Dylan Caporn

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Mathematically challenged NSW getting taste of own medicine

You don’t have to have been in last Friday’s national treasurers’ meeting to know it was heated. 

Dylan Caporn

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Straya has a problem when it comes to neighbourly disputes

From the suburbs to the States, Australia has a problem when it comes to spats.

Kate Emery

GST CommentsPremiumCash says Morrison ‘got it right’ with WA GST deal

Michaelia Cash has fired a salvo at the whingers in the east, saying former PM Scott Morrison “got that right” when he introduced new GST laws to protect WA.

Joe Spagnolo

PoliticsPremiumSelf-serving GST whingers not based in reality

After complaining for years about WA’s share of the GST carve-up, Victoria has remained strangely silent after cashing in on the hard work of other resource-rich States.

Paul Murray

Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumPremier Cook unloads on NSW GST ‘whingers’

WA Premier Roger Cook has unleashed on the ‘whingers’ from NSW as a new war erupts over the GST carve up

Dan Jervis-Bardy and Josh Zimmerman

Federal politicsCommentsPremiumNSW gears up for fight over ‘absurd’ GST deal

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey called out his interstate counterparts for failing to “thank” his State for subsidising their budgets at the expense of NSW. 

Dan Jervis-Bardy and Dylan Caporn

POLITICSPremium‘Welcome to our world’: Saffioti’s blunt message over GST

Treasurer Rita Saffioti has delivered a blunt message in the wake of the latest GST carve-up, which penalised Queensland and NSW for surging coal royalties.

Josh Zimmerman and Dan Jervis-Bardy

GSTCommentsPremiumBig GST boost as WA’s floor rises

WA will receive an extra $830 million in GST revenue next year as the State’s legislated floor rises to 75 cents in the dollar for the first time. 

Dan Jervis-Bardy

PoliticsCommentsPremiumGorman tells Dutton to sign and deliver on WA GST fight

Peter Dutton might want to get a texta ready for this week’s visit to WA - with Labor demanding a cast iron pledge from the Liberal leader on GST.

Joe Spagnolo

‘notorious sceptic’Premium‘Peter Dutton is the biggest threat to WA’s GST share’: Cook

Premier Roger Cook says Peter Dutton is the ‘biggest threat’ to WA’s GST, citing former Liberal prime ministers and other senior WA Liberals who said he was opposed to the deal. 

Jake Dietsch

‘NO CHANGE’ CommentsPremiumAlbo signs GST pledge on front page and reporter’s arm

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has locked in Labor’s support for WA’s fair share GST deal, by signing a pledge on the front page of The West Australian. 

Dylan Caporn

‘It’s done’CommentsPremium‘We’re not silly’: PM guarantees GST floor will stay

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says WA’s share of the GST is ‘100 per cent’ guaranteed after a fresh national deal struck late last year.

Katina Curtis

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GST debate is a reminder of our resilience

West Aussies have a well-founded fear of being ignored by the rest of Australia.

Dylan Caporn

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Why we’re asking PM to sign GST pledge

Our attempt to secure a concrete promise from Anthony Albanese is grounded in something very serious — something that more than 20 million Australians are more than ready to attack Western Australia for.

Permanent pledgeCommentsPremium‘TAKE GST VOW’: Albo told to promise he won’t change WA deal

Anthony Albanese and his Cabinet must use his trip to Western Australia to lock in a pledge for the State’s fair share of GST, the State Opposition and business groups believe.

Dylan Caporn and Dan Jervis-Bardy