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Monday, 23 August 1999
Page: 7521


Senator BROWN (4:07 PM) —The legislation does say that the states will be required to withhold revenues from local government where local government is in default of paying its GST. So it is not a question of whether it will or will not happen. This legislation says it will. The question I am asking the minister is: how is that going to happen; what are the time limits applied; and is the same obligation going to be on the states—that they either pay up or have revenue withheld by the Commonwealth—and, if so, which revenue?