Victoria, NSW penalised for outlawing fracking under Grants Commission plan

By Peter Martin, Adam Carey, James Robertson
Updated September 30 2017 - 2:23pm, first published 2:18pm
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 31:  The new coal seam gas Santos Fairview Gas Processing Hub near Roma, west of Brisbane on October 31, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia.  (Photo by Glenn Hunt/Fairfax Media)
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 31: The new coal seam gas Santos Fairview Gas Processing Hub near Roma, west of Brisbane on October 31, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Glenn Hunt/Fairfax Media)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 25:Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a press conference regarding the shortfall in Gas for the domestic market.Taken at the Commonwealth offices, CBD   on September 25, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Ben Rushton/Fairfax Media)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 25:Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a press conference regarding the shortfall in Gas for the domestic market.Taken at the Commonwealth offices, CBD on September 25, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Ben Rushton/Fairfax Media)

States that fail to permit coal seam gas mining would be penalised under a fresh proposal from the Grants Commission to change the method of distributing goods and services tax revenue.

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