The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, said acting Premier and Treasurer Bryan Green should stop misleading the Tasmanian community.

Mr Wilkie was responding to a Tasmanian Government media release distributed in response to his comments in Perth today specifically on the way poker machine taxation revenue is not considered as state revenue when GST distribution is decided.

For the record Mr Wilkie actually said the following:

“Frankly when you consider the billions of dollars that NSW in particular gets in taxation revenue from poker machines, that should be in the mix when deciding our GST carve up” Mr Wilkie said.

“I come from a state, from Tasmania, that relies on GST revenue very very much and I’m not advocating any change that would disadvantage Tasmania. But I do think we can be fairer to WA in this particular matter.”

Mr Wilkie added that it’s important to understand that such a change would likely result in an increased GST payment to Tasmania on account of the state’s pro rata number of poker machines compared with other jurisdictions.