WEST Australian premier Colin Barnett represents "the very worst" of Australian politics for linking the deadly Black Saturday bushfires to the national debate over the carve up of GST revenue, his Victorian counterpart says.

ON the eve of the Council of Australian Government leaders meeting in Canberra, Mr Barnett reiterated the state won't accept less than its current share of 37.6 cents in the dollar and warned WA was going to start being more "selfish".

Originally published as Barnett backtracks on GST war of words