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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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Goods and Services Tax

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:42): A further supplementary, Mr Speaker.

The SPEAKER: Last supplementary, member for Lee.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: If the Premier cannot guarantee to the house, can he inform the house whether he has sought an assurance from the commonwealth that beyond the transition period, ending in the financial year 2026-27, South Australia will receive at least as much GST under the proposed changes as it does under the current regime?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:43): I understand the question and, as I was outlining to the house, we made it very, very clear to the people of South Australia in the lead-up to the election that we wouldn't support anything whatsoever that would diminish the GST take for our state. This will remain a constant: we will not support anything that diminishes the GST take to South Australia.

By contrast, I didn't hear anything from those opposite when they were in government, when their federal leader was getting on the plane, heading over to Western Australia, saying, 'This is a completely unfair situation on the people of Western Australia.' You can't have it both ways. If the ALP want to argue for more money going to Western Australia, what was their argument for South Australia?

We didn't hear Bill Shorten coming over here saying, 'I will give you guys an ironclad guarantee.' We didn't hear the treasurer or the premier at the time saying, 'Listen, we need to get some clarification.' We made our position very clear: we would not support any single, solitary thing that diminished the GST take. That will be the same this year, next year, in 2027 and beyond.

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