States to share in billions in latest GST carve-up

CHANGES IN STATE AND TERRITORY GST PAYMENTS (GST payment/no worse-off payment)

* Victoria: $3.95 billion ($3.6 billion/$290 million)

* NSW: $1.3 billion ($942 million/$355 million)

* WA: $395 million ($395 million/$0)

* SA: $361 million ($279 million/$81 million)

* NT: $267 million ($248 million/$18 million)

* Tasmania: $177 million ($151 million/$26 million)

*ACT: $56 million ($35 million/$21 million)

* Queensland: minus $2.37 billion (minus $1.19 billion/minus $1.18 billion)

* GST payments are calculated based on population and economic conditions of a jurisdiction, as well as other payments it receives

* Calculations are made across a rolling three-year period

* Queensland has gone backwards for how much GST it receives due to its mining royalties

* Victoria received the most because it is not reliant on mining and has had a population boom in recent years

* No worse-off payments are made to compensate states and territories following a deal the federal government struck with WA in 2018

* The WA deal ensures the state’s percentage of GST revenue stays above a certain percentage, currently 75 per cent, due to its royalties from mining

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