Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (12:15): by leave—The coalition has always supported horizontal fiscal equalisation of GST revenue. Indeed, without the coalition there would be no GST to distribute. That is not the issue. The issue for Labor is that its senators and ministers are voting in direct contradiction of its cabinet decision to hold a review of GST distribution—a review which, in paragraph 5 of their self-drafted terms of reference, countenances 'possible changes to the form of equalisation'. So Labor is either pre-empting its own review or defying cabinet solidarity by ruling out any changes. The coalition, like Labor, is committed to horizontal fiscal equalisation. The coalition, unlike Labor, is committed to awaiting the outcome of Labor's own review.