Queensland's premier has used a blank piece of paper to indicate how much information Malcolm Turnbull has given her about his plan to allow states to levy income tax.
Annastacia Palaszczuk on Wednesday said the prime minister was yet to explain the plan properly to her ahead of his meeting with state leaders at the Council of Australian Governments meeting on Friday.
"I've had quite a lengthy conversation with the prime minister this morning to talk about the tax plan and, in fact, he's given me some details here," Ms Palaszczuk said before reaching for a blank sheet of paper.
"This is Malcolm Turnbull's tax plan - a blank page.
"Because that is what we are expected to discuss at the COAG briefing on Friday, where the states have been provided with absolutely nothing - no detail, nothing."
Ms Palaszczuk was even reluctant to speak in general terms about whether it was a good idea for states to get a slice of income tax to help fund schools, hospitals and infrastructure, instead of relying on federal grants and funding.
"It is a radical plan to change the way in which the federation has conducted itself over decades and I am not going to be commenting without seeing the detail," she said.
Mr Turnbull said the plan would involve the federal government reducing its income tax by an agreed percentage and allowing state governments to levy an income tax equal to that amount.
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