Updated August 14, 2026 — 5:02pm , first published 2:00pm

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An interstate argument has erupted over revelations that the system that carves-up the GST is so broken that a bushfire in NSW would deliver a multimillion-dollar financial windfall to Western Australia, with accusations “east coasters” are whingers and that WA has become a petrostate.

A scathing interim report by the Productivity Commission into the GST allocation system put in place by Scott Morrison in 2018 labels the deal a “mistake” that could end up costing federal taxpayers…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU