GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (GST) – GOVERNMENT POLICY – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

WA ready to fight to keep sweet GST deal

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Original article by Jesinta Burton
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 29-Jul-25

Western Australia plans to resist growing calls for changes to the way that the GST is distributed, with WA having benefited greatly from a 2018 decision by the then Coalition government to introduce a GST floor. It has resulted in states getting at least $0.75 for every dollar raised, while the federal government makes top-up payments to ensure that no state is worse off under the decision. It is understood the WA government is planning a national campaign in defence of its favourable deal, ahead of a Productivity Commission review of the GST reforms that is due to be handed down next year.

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AUSTRALIA. PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION

Nahan’s GST plan aims to net billions

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Original article by Shane Wright, Andrew Probyn
The West Australian – Page: 9 : 2-Oct-14

Western Australian (WA) Treasurer Mike Nahan has revealed a plan to change the allocation of goods and services tax (GST) among the states. On 1 October 2014, Nahan told Federal MPs that WA will only get $A0.37 of every dollar of GST raised in the state. Nahan has proposed a change in the treatment of iron ore royalties by the Commonwealth Grants Commission. Nahan admitted that the fall in iron ore prices would cut between $A1.5 billion and $A2 billion from the state’s budget

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF TREASURY AND FINANCE, AUSTRALIA. COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY

Nahan takes GST fight to Canberra

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Original article by Daniel Emerson
The West Australian – Page: 10 : 19-Aug-14

The Western Australian (WA) Government will press its case for a fairer distribution of goods and services tax receipts. WA Treasurer Mike Nahan will address a meeting of Federal MPs in Canberra. There are a number of WA Liberal Party MPs in Cabinet and the outer ministry, as well as a number of senators

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF TREASURY AND FINANCE, LIBERAL PARTY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF DEFENCE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET