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  "id": 839324,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T04:00:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/14/morrison-era-gst-deal-western-australia-23bn-mistake-productivity-commission"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Interim report calls for carve-up deal that has only benefited Western Australia to be ‘reshaped’ as it has achieved almost none of its objectives Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Productivity Commission (PC) has criticised the controversial GST deal with Western Australia as a costly mistake that should be…",
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      {
        "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"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "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",
        "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."
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