2025 Methodology Review

The Commission has consulted closely with the states and territories.

The Draft Report outlines the Commission's draft position on its assessment methodology and provides a further basis for consultation with states and territories.

The discussion paper on new issues sets out the relevant new issues and Commonwealth payments in the GST Relativities for 2025-26, including the implications of some of the method changes proposed in the 2025 Review. It provides a basis for discussion with the states and territories.

Significant changes since the Draft Report sets out the substantive and minor changes since the Draft Report, the reasons for those changes, and includes indicative GST impacts of the new methods reflecting the changes since the Draft Report.

The outcomes of the 2025 Methodology Review will present the Commission’s final position on the issues considered throughout the consultation process.