Time to end Western Australia’s armchair GST ride

August 7, 2026 — 5:12pm

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Pressure is growing on the federal government to act on the egregious Western Australian tax grab that has bilked federal taxpayers for so many years.

The Herald’s senior economics correspondent, Shane Wright, reports exclusively that the Productivity Commission is expected next week to release its much-anticipated interim report into the 2018 “no worse off” guarantee that pumped money into WA coffers at the expense of other Commonwealth members, just in time for a joint meeting of state, territory and federal treasurers.

The commission believes the deal is on track to cost the budget almost $60 billion by the end of the decade, while doing little to encourage states and territories to embrace........

© The Sydney Morning Herald