States are split on the federal budget as the two most populous jurisdictions question their GST shares, while resource-heavy Western Australia counts its riches. NSW will be the biggest loser from the annual GST distribution set out in the budget papers, which say it will receive more than $1.9 billion less in 2024/25 than projected […]
States are split on the latest federal budget, which has left the nation’s most populous jurisdiction almost $2 billion worse off in a cut to its GST distribution. Western Australia says nearly $20 billion in funding support will help the state become a “world leader in the downstream processing of critical minerals”. But NSW is […]