Hon. Murray Criddle asks about the implementation of a policy to account for GST contributions from recreational fishers to the State's revenue. The Minister's answer indicates that a direct accounting is not possible due to the Commonwealth's redistribution formula.

AnsweredQoN 1279Legislative Council
Asked
14 October 2003
Portfolio
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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In the Government’s policy for Fisheries, it is stated that Labor will ‘
take account of the altered taxation arrangements that now mean that recreational fishers make a direct GST contribution to the State’s Consolidated Revenue Fund’
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(1) Can the Minister confirm that this has been implemented?
(2) If so, what is the total amount of GST from recreational fisheries that has been contributed to the State’s Consolidated Revenue Fund?

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Answered
11 November 2003
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Response time
28 days
(2) GST from all sources is collected by the Commonwealth and then redistributed to States according to the Grants Commission formula. There is no clear relationship between the GST collected in a State and the amount returned to the State.
There is no clear relationship between the GST collected in a State and the amount returned to the State.

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