‘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

The Productivity Commission finds the WA GST deal is a "costly mistake" that has led to "perverse" outcomes, and recommends it be scrapped.