Get rid of grants commission: Barnett
AAP
West Australian premier Colin Barnett believes the grants commission that controls GST distribution should be abolished.
Ahead of a meeting of state and territory leaders with the prime minister, Mr Barnett has been arguing his state deserves more GST or at least not to lose ground, a position he says Tony Abbott is sympathetic to.
The grants commission was a creation of the 1930s that penalised success, rewarded failure and should be got rid of now, Mr Barnett said on Friday.
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