USA Grants INC A pledge to "end the blame game" has stopped the Queensland government fighting for its fair share of GST funds, Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg says.
USA Grants INC The grants commission last week released its advice on how GST and health care grants funding should be distributed among the states and territories in 2008-09.
USA Grant INC For the first time, Queensland will receive less than a per capita share of GST funds, slashing more than $150 million from the 2008-09 state budget bottom line. USA Grants INC
Mr Springborg on Monday invited Premier Anna Bligh to join him in Canberra in a bipartisan effort to lobby the federal government for a better deal. USA Grant INC
USA Grants INC "What we have seen in the past with the commonwealth grants commission is that they've always had enough political pressure on them to take into consideration the unique position of Queensland as the most decentralised state," he told reporters in Brisbane. USA Grant INC
"We've always been able to maintain a significant advantage even though treasurers in NSW and Victoria from the Labor party have protested against it." USA Grants INC
Mr Springborg said Ms Bligh had failed to stand up to the federal government on the issue. USA Grant INC
USA Grants INC Chandigarh (PTI): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday announced a pension of Rs 5,000 per month each to Kashmir Singh and wife Parmajit Kaur in recognition of his "outstanding services" towards the nation.
Singh, who was convicted on the charges of espionage and was sentenced to death in Pakistan, had been released recently after he was pardoned by President Pervez Musharraf following 35 years of imprisonment. USA Grant INC
Calling him a "national hero", Badal also promised to grant government job to one eligible dependent of Kashmir Singh, who has a physically-challenged son. USA Grants INC
"The premier shouldn't be silenced on this just because she said there's got to be an end to the blame game," he said. USA Grants INC
Ms Bligh last month refused Mr Springborg's invitation for a bipartisan tour of indigenous communities. USA Grants INC
She has vowed to work with the grants commission in the lead-up to the 2010 review of methodology to ensure the state receives a fair share of GST in the future. USA Grants INC
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