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18 August 2026

'Quite wrong': Minister hits out at GST deal criticism

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'Quite wrong': Minister hits out at GST deal criticism

A federal minister from Western Australia has defended her state's generous GST deal despite productivity watchdog calls to scrap the arrangement.

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