Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Indeed, the state of WA already effectively gets more than 34c in the dollar. The WA share of the GST went as low as 30c in the dollar, and since the 2015-16 financial year the Australian government has made top-up payments to Western Australia, effectively to maintain WA's share of the GST at 37.6c in the dollar, which was about $1.2 billion worth of additional payments to WA to invest in infrastructure in Western Australia. Beyond that, of course, it is now a matter of awaiting the final report of the Productivity Commission, which is focused on assessing national productivity and national economic growth implications from current GST sharing arrangements. When that report has been received, of course the government will consider it and make a judgement in the national interest as appropriate.