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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Scrapping was gst deal a significant unfairness | Mind Blowing Facts

Former finance minister Mathias Cormann has defended the 2018 GST deal as a "very important reform". (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

One of the federal architects of Western Australia's GST deal has rejected claims the arrangement was a costly mistake, despite a scathing report on the scheme.

A Productivity Commission report on Friday recommended scrapping a 2018 deal that transferred top-up GST payments to WA.

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