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Macfarlane joins GST call

QUEENSLAND Resources Council chief executive Ian Macfarlane has added his voice to the GST debate, saying states that kowtowed to foreign-funded green groups and did not develop their resources should have their share of the GST cut.

Noel Dyson
Queensland Resources Council CEO Ian Macfarlane.

Queensland Resources Council CEO Ian Macfarlane.

He told the Queensland Media Club that Queensland and Western Australia were disadvantaged by having royalties counted against the Grants Commission per capita distribution of the GST. “States that do...

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