‘A costly mistake’: new review finds giving WA billions in extra GST was unfair to other states

BJP7 Images/Getty Images The Productivity Commission has recommended undoing the controversial 2018 changes to the distribution of goods and services tax (GST) revenue between the states that has cost taxpayers A$23 billion. It has proposed reinstating the system that existed before the Morrison government’s deal that gave billions of dollars in extra funds to Western Australia, at the expense of the other states. The commission’s 124-page interim report finds the reforms were “a costly…