Federation issues paper flags GST changes
AAP
The states and territories could get GST revenue based on population with a top-up given to smaller states, under a plan flagged in the government's federation green paper.
The discussion paper was released online on Tuesday after the leaking to the media of several chapters of the 121-page report.
In the section on GST distribution, the paper suggests $6.5 billion would be needed in 2015/16 to top up recipient states if the current formula was changed to a population basis.
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