AdvertisementPoliticsFederalGST Editorial Time to end Western Australia’s armchair GST ride The Herald's View Editorial August 7, 2026 — 5:12pmAugust 7, 2026 — 5:12pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Share A A APressure is growing on the federal government to act on the egregious Western Australian tax grab that has bilked federal taxpayers for so many years. The report is certainly going to put the cat among the pigeons: all states and territories, except Western Australia, want to dump or dramatically change the GST deal. But after a collapse in its share of GST, following a domestic recession in the mid-2010s, Western Australia pressed the Turnbull and Morrison governments for an overhaul of the GST allocation system. Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items.