Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation (the sharing of the GST receipts) is vital to ensure that all state governments are able to provide the same level of services to citizens - regardless of what state they live in. SACOSS supports this objective, and rejects the proposals in the Productivity Commission to move away from this goal and aim for a narrower redistribution of funds which would see states like South Australia struggle to provide the same level of services.
Download the SACOSS submission on HFE
Published Date:
Friday, 10 November 2017