A âcampaign of envyâ or a serious threat? WAâs GST share back in the spotlight
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As he announced his new cabinet in March, West Australian Premier Mark McGowan declared WA was under siege.
Not from the coronavirus or falling iron ore prices but from state treasurers on the east coast attempting to secure a greater share of the GST carve up.
Premier Mark McGowan has made himself his own Treasurer to defend WAâs GST deal.
Credit:Peter de Kruijff
Just 28 months after GST reforms were passed by the federal senate, giving WA a fairer deal, Mr McGowan said there were rumblings of attempts to unwind those changes.
A campaign of envy or a serious threat? WA s GST share back in the spotlight
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Suggestions that Western Australia could survive if it seceded from the rest of the nation have been mocked as comic nonsense by a legal expert.
Premier Mark McGowan s coronavirus border closures have reignited debate over whether the should become independent from the rest of the country.
Proponents argue huge iron ore and gold deposits make it not only self-sufficient, but regularly subsidising other parts of Australia.
But constitutional lawyer Professor Greg Craven argued the WA economy waxes and wanes with the iron ore price but never takes responsibility for its lean years.
Western Australia previously voted to secede from the rest of Australia in 1933