Stoush erupts on GST bonus for Queensland AN increase in Queensland's GST handout has sparked a renewed funding fight between the Federal Government and Campbell Newman's state administration. The news of Queensland's extra $1.35 billion, bringing its tally for 2013-14 to $10.96 billion, had barely broken when senior Labor ministers Wayne Swan and Craig Emerson attacked the State Government. The Labor pair called on the Newman Government to reinstate hospitals spending, which was cut after the Federal Government changed its health funding amounts, leading to some hospitals reducing elective surgery. But State Treasurer Tim Nicholls said all but $7 million of the $1.35 billion "windfall" announced by federal Treasurer Mr Swan had been factored into the 2013-14 state budget. And he said based on last year's experience - when the GST pool was revised down by $3.1 billion in the federal budget - there was no point getting hopes up. "While we know Queensland's share of GST will rise from 19.9 per cent to 21.5 per cent, we still don't know how much we will actually receive because Mr Swan is refusing to reveal the total size of the GST pool," Mr Nicholls said. Their ineptitude is now impeding the states' ability to plan their budgets. But Mr Swan said Queensland's share of the GST carve-up would rise from $9.6 billion to $10.96 billion, which was about $700 million more than it was forecast to receive. A drop in the state's capacity to raise revenue due to the slump in coal prices and a weak property market had led to the increase outlined in the Commonwealth Grants Commission report released yesterday. "In light of this windfall, the Federal Government is calling on the Newman LNP Government to immediately reinstate the frontline health and education services they have so savagely cut," Mr Swan said. In an escalation of the war of words between the two levels of government, senior minister Mr Emerson said the Commonwealth was now making up for the state's budget cuts. "The more the Gillard Government puts in to Queensland, the more the Newman LNP Government takes out," he said. Mr Nicholls said the Newman Government would certainly not be "reversing" any spending cuts based on the announcement. "Claims made today by Dr Emerson and Mr Swan that the Newman Government should cease its fiscal repair task are utterly ridiculous," he said. If the full $1.35 billion increase does eventuate, it will mean Queensland gets back more GST funds than are raised in the state, for the first time in six years. The boost comes at the expense of Western Australia and the Northern Territory, while other states' GST stakes remain virtually unchanged.