Second Reading Speeches

Commonwealth Grants Commission Amendment (GST Distribution) Bill 2015

Type
Private
Sponsor(s)
WANG, Sen Zhenya
Originating house
Senate
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973
to require the Commonwealth Grants Commission, when considering the capacity of a state or territory to raise mining revenue in preparing its annual recommendation on the distribution of goods and services tax revenue, to take into account only the most recent financial year for which mining revenue data is available.

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