Australia: Doormat for foreign miners, page-56

a more interesting aspect of the fall in ore prices is the resultant carve up of the gst revenue. w.a. gets less because of the royalties. so why don't we do a per capita dispersion which is what it was designed to do. this will force those receiving greater than their share[tas. sa] to make the structural changes necessary. the budget has severe structural imbalance that is not being addressed. the nsw election was based on spending promises and savings were not tackled.