NSW emerges as main loser from GST carve-up as WA gets extra $5.5bn

<p>NSW premier says latest distribution calculation, with a reduction in the state’s share of revenue relative to its population, is unfair and ‘past its use-by date’</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Australia’s richest state will receive an extra $5.5bn in GST revenue thanks to a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/25/western-australia-fight-to-protect-60-billion-gst-deal">sweetheart deal</a> struck with Western Australia in 2018, as the New South Wales premier attacked the latest distribution calculation as unfair and “past its use-by date”.</p><p>The Commonwealth Grants Commission on Friday released its recommendations on how a projected $102.5bn in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/22/oecd-australia-gst-affordable-housing">goods and services tax</a> should be carved up between the states and territories in 2026-27.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/13/nsw-emerges-as-main-loser-from-gst-carve-up-as-wa-gets-extra-55bn">Continue reading...</a>