Treasurer Peter Gutwein has released information that has shown Tasmania could lose $248 million in GST funding over five years from 2021-22 if Western Australia experiences another mining boom.
According to the modelling on the federal government’s planned change to GST distributions, the loss over that time would only require a 20-per-cent increase in mining royalties.
This is less than the increase of 36 per cent between 2012-13 and 2013-14 …
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