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The price of greasing squeaky wheels ahead of the election

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Turnbull government is finally tackling the issue of how the GST is divvied up between the states. It’s a fraught task because reslicing the pie means some get a smaller portion. That is, unless you throw in extra flour, to make the bake bigger.

And that’s just what the federal government is proposing.

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