Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

We are actually doing better than that. Our legislation is making sure that every state is better off, not just 'not worse off'. We are addressing a longstanding issue for the great state of Western Australia, which clearly has been on the receiving end of an unfairly low share of the GST into that state. The government has come forward with a plan to address that issue in a way that not only makes the arrangements better and fairer for WA but also leaves every other state better off.