Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his previous answer that the GST is a state matter. I also refer the Prime Minister to his $80 billion of cuts to state hospitals and to state schools. Why is the Prime Minister using these cuts to blackmail the states into backing his plans for increasing the GST?

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