Aug 24, 2026 – 4.28pmAnthony Albanese has promised that Western Australia’s GST allocation will not change as long as he is prime minister and says he is comfortable with the Commonwealth continuing to spend big on no-worse-off payments to support the controversial arrangement.Just over a week after the Productivity Commission described the 2018 deal guaranteeing WA far more GST than it was previously allocated as a costly mistake, Albanese said his government would not give in to pressure from other states and economists to unwind the arrangement.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles