Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Why is the government pressing ahead with legislation to take GST revenue away from the states and territories before any of them have signed on the dotted line to hand over any of their GST revenue? Doesn’t this rushed approach demonstrate that this is just another grab for more cash by a government that is addicted to more and more spending and not health reforms?