Andrew Leigh (Fenner, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

For your ruling, Mr Speaker. Let's be clear, the announcement by the Treasurer of a delay in the final Productivity Commission report, snuck out during the holiday period, is designed do one thing—to try and hoodwink the people of South Australia and Tasmania that there won't be cuts to the GST revenue that help fund their hospitals and schools. The uncertainty that will result from this delay will jeopardise the funding of services across the country. In October, the Treasurer firmly embraced the Productivity Commission's draft recommendations which would see South Australia lose $256 million in funding. In contrast, Labor has a fair plan to give Western Australia its fair share without punishing the people of South Australia and Tasmania who—

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