Pauline Hanson is backing WA on the GST, but she hasn't always
Three years after calling out WA's "huge benefit" from the GST carve-up, the One Nation leader shifts her position.
Pauline Hanson, the leader of the One Nation party, has switched her stance on Western Australia's GST deal. Once criticizing the arrangement as unfair, Hanson now endorses the deal, which is set to be extended until 2029. Her shift in opinion seems to be tied to her closer ties with Gina Rinehart, a prominent billionaire mining magnate from Western Australia.
The change in stance coincides with a report from the Productivity Commission, which deemed the GST deal a "costly mistake" benefiting Western Australia disproportionately. Despite Queensland's claim of being cheated out of its fair share, Hanson maintains her support for the deal, emphasizing that the mining industry in Western Australia has contributed to the GST's increase.
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