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30,000 people shift to Qld, sparking calls for bigger slice of GST pie
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The decision by 30,000 Australians to shift to Queensland should trigger extra GST payments to the state in Tuesdayâs federal budget, Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick says.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed last week that Queensland had seen its biggest population boom in 16 years.
Strong population growth in 2019-20 should trigger extra GST revenue to Queensland, says Treasurer Cameron Dick.
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The GST payments to each state are based on a complex formula that includes annual population growth.
The federal government is poised to tip in half the cash for a major upgrade of one of the region’s worst intersections.
The Coast’s budget windfall was revealed by Federal MPs Ted O’Brien and Andrew Wallace ahead of Tuesday night’s federal budget.
The Morrison Government will allocate $160 million, half of the $320 million required to deliver the long-awaited Mooloolah River Interchange.
Fairfax MP Ted O’Brien said the interchange was a state government responsibility, but the federal government was stepping in after “too much talk and too little action”.
The state government has spent $7.5 million on a detailed business case with the preferred option including:
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Subscriber only Queensland s transport minister has been accused of making a mockery of community consultation after he criticised calls for heavy rail to be prioritised over light rail on the Sunshine Coast. Fairfax MP Ted O Brien said Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey inappropriately intervened with the region s mass transit consultation when he slammed the region s state LNP politicians for their comments on heavy rail. Mr Bailey on Thursday criticised the local politicians calls for a fast, heavy rail from Maroochydore to Brisbane to be a priority. He said the community discussion was focused on creating new public transport options for locals to move around the Coast, not for people from Brisbane to travel to the region.