Published: October 02, 2018
Opposition to push for amendment to ensure no state worse off but likely to pass anyway
Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen has signalled Labor will push for an amendment but ultimately pass the Morrison government’s proposed GST floor without a safeguard that no state will be worse off.
On Wednesday, state and territory treasurers unanimously demanded the federal government legislate the safeguard, but were rebuffed at a meeting in Melbourne, with the Morrison government accusing the states of attempting to set up a “parallel” GST scheme to extract even more money from the commonwealth.
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