http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/schlau-nichtso-/ Schlau Nichtso is President of the Radical Economics Society en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/time-to-rid-australia-of-the-burden-of-tasmania-and-sa/ A debate about GST distribution in Australia is a debate about our future as a federation. Some states – notably Western Australia – contribute far more than their fair share to the national purse. Others – notably South Australia and Tasmania – take far more than they give. For example, WA gets about 68c in the dollar back from the Federal Government, while SA gets around $1.30. It’s obvious that horizontal fiscal equalisation is unfair, and that the GST has moved beyond an Australian ‘fair go’ and more towards an inequitable redistribution of wealth. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Schlau Nichtso ) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/time-to-rid-australia-of-the-burden-of-tasmania-and-sa/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/time-to-rid-australia-of-the-burden-of-tasmania-and-sa/#item5534 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:59:14 +0000 Schlau Nichtso | Author bios | The Punch