MYSTERIOUS: 3 - What They Never Told You

Morning Mail: credit rating fears for NSW after GST hit; Bendigo doctor’s supervision order suspended; Ukraine welcomes US aid

State’s treasurer says ‘absurd’ GST revenue split has taken more from NSW’s budget than Covid-19

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2024

GST collections up 12.54% in February

India's GST revenue in February 2024 hits ₹1.68 lakh crore, marking 12.54% growth, with 18.4 lakh crore collected this year.

The Hindu · Mar 1, 2024

L-G writes to CM Kejriwal for action against GST evasions

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena wrote a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal “advising” him to ask the Finance Minister to hold a detailed enquiry in alleged GST evasions

The Hindu · Feb 19, 2024

Cop28 draft climate deal drops mention of fossil fuel 'phase-out'

The "phase-out" of fossil fuels was deleted on Monday from a long-awaited draft of the UN Cop28's flagship global stocktake and replaced with watered-down language, a day before the climate talks in Dubai were due to end.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 11, 2023

Cop28 failing on climate adaptation finance so far, African group warns

Continent’s chief negotiator says an agreement for fair and equitable funding is a matter of life and death

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023

Renewed call for stadium's GST exemption

Tasmania's treasurer has doubled down on his calls for the federal government to provide a GST exemption for Hobart stadium funding.

AAP · Dec 8, 2023

Creating certainty: On the Goods and Services Tax

The government must consider resetting its ambitions and work towards making the Goods and Services Tax a truly good and simple tax, as it was promised to be

The Hindu · Dec 6, 2023

States agree to do more heavy lifting on disability, in exchange for extra health and GST funding

The Albanese government has promised extra funding for health and to extend its top-up of the GST, in exchange for the states undertaking more of the heavy lifting on disability to help curb the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s cost blowout.

The Conversation · Dec 6, 2023

What is the hospital funding agreement politicians are talking about today?

National Cabinet meets today to discuss three big issues in Commonwealth-state financial relations: GST allocation, National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding, and a Commonwealth government proposal to kick-start negotiations on a new National Health Reform Agreement, to take effect in July 2025.

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2023

COP28 Climate Summit | Global Stocktake draft calls for phasing out fossil fuels

Latest version of the Global Stocktake includes a clause committing all signatories to “an orderly and just phase out of fossil fuels”; negotiators say that COP 28’s location in the UAE, a petro state, has influenced language in the document

The Hindu · Dec 5, 2023