{
  "id": 833740,
  "title": "Morrison-era GST deal with WA a multi-billion dollar mistake that should be reversed, Productivity Commission finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/morrison-era-gst-deal-with-wa-a-multi-billion-dollar-mistake-that",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T04:00:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/14/morrison-era-gst-deal-western-australia-23bn-mistake-productivity-commission"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Productivity Commission has condemned the controversial GST deal between the Morrison-era government and Western Australia, calling it a multi-billion dollar mistake that should be reversed. The interim report found that the deal, which has only benefited Western Australia, has achieved almost none of its objectives and made the system less equitable, costing taxpayers tens of billions of dollars.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Conversation AU",
        "title": "‘A costly mistake’: new review finds giving WA billions in extra GST was unfair to other states",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/a-costly-mistake-new-review-finds-giving-wa-billions-in-extra-gst-was",
        "published": "2026-08-14T04:00:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Morrison-era GST deal with WA a multi-billion dollar mistake that should be reversed, Productivity Commission finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/morrison-era-gst-deal-with-wa-a-multi-billion-dollar-mistake-that-839324",
        "published": "2026-08-14T04:00:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}