The PM has ruled out changing WA’s GST deal. But there’s another option to consider

Anthony Albanese is standing by his promise this week that “there will be no change […] whilst I’m prime minister” to Western Australia’s current share of the goods and services tax (GST). That declaration came less than a fortnight after the federal government’s independent advisory body, the Productivity Commission, recommended a “substantial” overhaul in how GST revenue is shared between states. Its review found a 2018 Morrison government deal that continues to this day had been “a costly…