Former treasurer says WA’s GST deal is ‘the greatest public policy decision this century’

August 19, 2026 — 2:18pm

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Former state treasurer Ben Wyatt has labelled WA’s 2018 GST deal “the greatest public policy decision of the 21st century” while Premier Roger Cook has claimed that the eastern states “hate us because we are successful”.

The comments follow the publication of the Productivity Commission’s interim report released on Friday that labelled the 2018 deal a “mistake” that could end up costing Australian taxpayers up to $12 billion a year if it’s not overhauled.

Under the 2018 deal, WA is guaranteed a minimum return of 75…

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