澳大利亚总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯在珀斯承诺，在其任期内将不会改变保护西澳大利亚商品与服务税（GST）份额的特殊协议1。这一承诺预示着未来数十年内巨大的财政负担将被锁定。
该GST保护协议的成本已大幅膨胀1。最初估算的23亿澳元成本到2024年已增至230亿澳元，预计到本世纪末将进一步攀升至600亿澳元1。用于补偿其他州和地区的成本目前约为每年60亿澳元，若铁矿石价格上升这一数字可能翻倍1。维多利亚州根据人均分配应获得的资金相比实际分配少310亿澳元1。
总理的这一决定实际上搁置了生产力委员会的改革建议1。该机构最近发布的报告指出该制度存在缺陷1，但这一承诺使其建议形同虚设，引发包括维多利亚州在内的8个州和地区的财政官员的强烈反对1。
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to maintain Western Australia's special goods and services tax (GST) protection deal while he remains in office, despite mounting costs to the nation's budget1. The arrangement, initially estimated to cost A$2.3 billion, has ballooned to A$230 billion and is projected to reach A$600 billion by the end of the century1. "There will be no change to WA's GST arrangements whilst I'm prime minister," Albanese stated in Perth1.
The commitment effectively nullifies recent recommendations from the Productivity Commission, which identified flaws in the current system1. The guarantee has triggered strong opposition from eight other states and territories, whose financial officials object to the existing framework1. The compensation costs borne by other jurisdictions currently stand at approximately A$6 billion annually and could potentially double if iron ore prices rise1. Victoria alone is receiving A$31 billion less in funding than it would be entitled to under per-capita distribution arrangements1.
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