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39 billion sent east in the last ten years chump
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A breakdown of the commission’s rulings since 2006 and the State’s mining royalties reveals $39 billion that swelled WA coffers was lost in the annual GST carve-up.
Victoria has been the biggest winner from the WA mining boom, prompting calls from the mining sector to change the grants commission process.>>>
That same Victoria that, unlike WA has NEVER been on the positive side of the ledger when it comes to GST distributions?
The same Victoria that has been forced to pump money westwards since Federation until very recently?