A fiery debate rages over Australia’s GST revenue-sharing deal with Western Australia, as the Productivity Commission calls for scrapping a 2018 agreement that funnels extra funds to WA — claiming it costs the federal budget $60 billion by 2030 and undermines fairness. WA’s Resources Minister Madeleine King fiercely rejects the report, calling it “quite wrong” and pointing to contradictions in the commission’s own past findings. She argues the deal was necessary to fix long-standing disadvantages for WA’s resource-rich economy, while other states unite against it — even Premier Roger Cook branding eastern states “clowns.” With the commission’s final report due by year-end, Prime Minister Albanese vows to review it before deciding the fate of this high-stakes financial arrangement.
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