Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer to comments by the Queensland Premier, Mr Campbell Newman, who said:

You can't just throw the health and education issues on the states and not give them the money to deal with the problem.

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This whole thing seems like a wedge to get the states to ask for the GST to be raised.

Is Premier Campbell Newman right?