SAUL ESLAKE

Economist

SAUL ESLAKE

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Submission to a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Commonwealth Government support for Victoria


Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies | 13th November 2021

Saul’s submission to the Inquiry being conducted by the Victorian Legislative Assembly’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee into Commonwealth Support for Victoria, which focuses on the consequences of the changes to the long-standing arrangements for determining the distribution of revenue from the GST among the states and territories, imposed by the Morrison Government in 2018 at the behest of Western Australia. It was written and submitted in September, but only published by the Committee this past week. (For more details of this inquiry, and copies of other submissions, see here

Submission to a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Commonwealth Government support for Victoria