Productivity Commission urges reversal of Morrison-era GST deal with WA, citing multi-billion dollar mistake

Summary

An interim report by the Productivity Commission has criticized the GST deal with Western Australia as a costly mistake that should be reversed, stating that tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer money have gone to the country's richest state. The report found that the reform, implemented under the former Morrison government, achieved almost none of its objectives and made the system less equitable.