PM announces $3.2 billion funding boost for WA

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has promised a $3.2 billion funding boost for Western Australia to assist the state with infrastructure projects, admitting the federal government is feeling the heat over the state's low GST share. Mr Turnbull insisted the cash is for much-needed projects, including the Ellenbrook and Byford stages of the WA government's flagship Metronet rail network, and not pork-barrelling in marginal electorates. 'All of my colleagues are very keenly aware of the (GST) concern here and they share that concern,' Mr Turnbull told reporters in Perth on Friday.