Should WA receive a bigger GST slice?

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By Leith van Onselen

Over the weekend, Fairfax’s Paul Malone questioned whether Western Australia’s GST distribution was fair, and whether the state should receive a bigger share of the GST pie:

For the first century of federation, WA was a relatively poor, less populous state which benefited annually from the distribution of special purpose grants and additional tax reimbursements from the Commonwealth…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.