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Pauline Hanson stands by WA GST 'sell out'

Pauline Hanson stands by her call for a greater GST share for WA, saying all Australians deserve fairness.

Pauline Henson
One Nation Senator Pauline Henson Source: AAP

Pauline Hanson says she has a responsibility to all of Australia and rejects Labor's claims she has sold Queensland out by backing a bigger share of GST for Western Australia over her home state.

The One Nation leader is supporting her WA colleague Senator Peter Georgiou's call for a "better GST deal" for the state and told reporters when she landed in Perth on Friday that she wasn't surprised Labor was "jumping up and down".

Senator Hanson says a lot of Australians back her stance.

"What is fair, what is just - that's all we're asking for and I'll stand by that."

Labor leader Bill Shorten, campaigning on Friday in the Longman federal by-election in Queensland where One Nation is also standing, said Senator Hanson had abandoned her state.

The federal government is due next week to release a report by the Productivity Commission into the GST carve-up between the states and territories, which could recommend changes to the existing formula.

Queensland Treasurer Jackie Trad, who released her state budget last week, fears the state could lose $1.6 billion if the formula is changed.

But Treasurer Scott Morrison said the government would deliver a "fair" long-term plan to fix the GST carve-up for all states and territories.

WA's share shrank to less than 30 cents in the dollar in 2016-17 due to the lag effect of the formula accounting for bonanza revenues during the mining boom.


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By Euna Cho



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