Dio Wang (WA, Palmer United Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. This government's National Commission of Audit, in recommendation No. 9, proposed an equal distribution of GST off the states on a per capita basis. This position is supported by the Premier of Western Australia, Mr Colin Barnett. On 1 May 2014, Mr Barnett said that the main issue for Western Australia was the GST. The commission advocates sharing the revenue raised through the GST on a per capita basis, supplementing smaller states with extra grants, and Mr Barnett said that he supported that recommendation. Will my fellow Western Australian, the Minister for Finance, commit to this recommendation, delivering to Western Australia an extra $3.7 billion per annum?