Peter Georgiou (WA, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

This motion argues that the Northern Territory is a drain on national productivity. Right now, WA gets 34 cents in every dollar for its GST share. In the NT, the GST share is $4.66. How does this work? In other words, every person in the NT receives $12,000, compared to just $882 for every person in WA. Tasmanians get $4,600 per head, South Australians $3,600 per head and Victorians $2,389 per head. These figures have been confirmed by the Parliamentary Library today. In 2016-17, Western Australia accounted for 35 per cent of the nation's exports—that's 35 per cent of our exports. The Northern Territory accounted for just 1.6 per cent. Western Australia is by far the country's leading state on a balance-of-payments basis. The government must now release the Productivity Commission report on the GST and implement its recommendations. More GST for WA right now.