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HISTORICAL FACTS: We should gang up east coast warning on gst deal | History Defined

Anthony Albanese is facing pressure on both sides from fellow Labor leaders regarding the GST deal. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Labor premiers have warned the prime minister the decision to keep Western Australia's generous GST deal intact could cost him votes in eastern states.

A recent report by the Productivity Commission found the federal government's 2018 GST deal was "perverse" and costing taxpayers more than $6 billion per year to fill up WA's coffers.

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