Lucy Gichuhi (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. The Productivity Commission's October draft report, Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation, HFE, has considered a new GST distribution model. This would give Western Australia an additional $3.24 billion per annum. Every other state in our federation loses as follows: New South Wales, $1.17 billion; Victoria, $920 million; Queensland, $729 million; South Australia, $256 million; Tasmania, $77 million; ACT, $60 million; Northern Territory, $36 million. Given that HFE aims to give each of the states and territories an approximate level of service to their citizens, can the minister explain whether a different model has been considered to help Western Australia adjust its volatile— (Time expired)