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Tag Archives: cgc
Yes to a North Qld State podcast
Bill Bates and David Young from the Boot Brisbane group have started a new live-streamed podcast on creating a new state of North Queensland. Guests so far have included former Queensland Speaker John Mickel and federal MP Ewen Jones, and … Continue reading
Posted in North Queensland
Tagged cairns, cgc, debt, grantscommission, northqld, nq, qld, queensland, royalties, townsville
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Qld has gained $7 billion from GST revenue redistribution since 2000-01
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the forthcoming Australian Institute for Progress (AiP) discussion paper on the “golden handcuffs of federation” by well-known Queensland economist Dr John Fallon. Based on the blurb for the August 15 discussion paper launch, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged budget, cgc, gst, hfe, qld, qldtreasury, queensland
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Upcoming AiP event on “The golden handcuffs of federation”
The Australian Institute for Progress, a Brisbane-based conservative think tank, has a very interesting upcoming event on what some may consider the rather dry topic of horizontal fiscal equalisation, the complex methodology by which the Commonwealth Grants Commission determines each … Continue reading
Huge disparities in GST carve up per capita: NT gets $13k per person, WA gets $760
Commenting on my post from earlier today, a colleague noted that, in per capita terms (rather than in terms of total amounts), three States and Territories, the Northern Territory, Tasmania and South Australia, do much better than Queensland in the … Continue reading
Posted in Tax, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, cgc, fiscalfederalism, gst, hfe, nt, qld, queensland, sa, tas, wa
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Qld second biggest winner from GST redistribution
Queensland is the second biggest winner from the carve up of GST revenue that is dictated by the Commonwealth Grants Commission. In 2016-17, Queensland is to receive $2.1 billion more than we would if the GST revenue, which is collected … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged cgc, gocs, gst, nt, payrolltax, qld, queensland, stampduty
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Extra GST revenue welcome, but Qld still faces big fiscal challenges
The Queensland Government must be pleased the Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC) has recommended it receive an additional $520 million above what it might have expected from the GST revenue carve up for 2016-17 (see 2016 Update Report). The gain to … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged budget, cgc, gst, infrastructure, qld, qldbudget, qldtreasury, queensland
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