'GST Is Busted': Call for Fairer Slices of Revenue Pie

GST Formula Again Under Fire as NSW’s Share Declines

The way in which money from Goods and Services Tax (GST) is allocated to states—a perennial source of dispute—is back on the agenda as the treasurer of Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), claims the system is “busted.” Each year the Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC) calculates the share of each state and territory, focusing on their respective financial capacity to provide similar levels of public services and not on how m…

NSW to propose massive shake-up to GST after worst-ever share

A controversial tax change that sees shares flowing to one state has cost another funds for more than 14,000 teachers over four years.

'GST is busted': call for fairer slices of revenue pie

With more than eight million residents to serve, NSW has had enough after it lost out again in a contentious GST carve-up of more than $100 billion.

The move that would give NSW an extra $3.2b a year

States are ganging up on Western Australia’s sweetheart GST deal, which has reaped $6000 more in GST for every resident in its first four years.

NSW warns GST system is ‘broken’, wants WA’s sweetheart deal watered down

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the GST system is irreparably broken - and it has to be fixed or the entire federation is at stake.

NSW pushes for GST reform as latest carve-up delivers record low share - The Indian Sun

The New South Wales Government is calling for changes to the way the Goods and Services Tax is distributed, following a decision that has delivered the state its lowest share on record. According to the Commonwealth Grants Commission, NSW will receive 82 cents in the dollar in 2026–27, down from 86 cents in the previous year and 92.4 cents in 2023–24. The state says this shift will leave it with around $1.4 billion less in GST revenue than Victo…