Will Labor or the Coalition have the guts to reverse ‘the worst public policy decision’ of the century? Don’t be daft

The Productivity Commission has picked apart Scott Morrison’s 2018 GST deal that gives Western Australia an outsized share of revenue. But there is no prospect of government action Anyone who knows Saul Eslake will tell you the respected economist is anything but a hothead. Likely to have forgotten more about the Australian economy and the state of the budget than most observers know in the first place, Eslake perfectly sums up the former Coalition government’s 2018 GST deal with Western Australia. Tom McIlroy is Guardian Australia’s political editor