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REFORMING AUSTRALIAN GOVERNANCE

REFORMING AUSTRALIAN GOVERNANCE. OLD STATES NEW STATES or NO STATES Kenneth Wiltshire. AUSTRALIAN FEDERALISM. Centralising Trends (Globalisation, Nationalism, Communication) Referendums High Court Decisions Financial Relations Executive Federalism Unconstitutional Actions

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REFORMING AUSTRALIAN GOVERNANCE

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  1. REFORMING AUSTRALIAN GOVERNANCE OLD STATES NEW STATES or NO STATES Kenneth Wiltshire

  2. AUSTRALIAN FEDERALISM Centralising Trends (Globalisation, Nationalism, Communication) Referendums High Court Decisions Financial Relations Executive Federalism Unconstitutional Actions Emergency Powers

  3. HOWARD GOVERNMENT CENTRALISM (Pleas for uniformity accountability and choice) Conditional Funding Bypassing States Overriding States States as service deliverers not policy partners Purchaser/Provider models

  4. CRITERIA FOR ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES Favouring Higher Levels: International Indivisibility/Universality Uniformity/Mobility Portability/Spillovers Equity/Accessibility National Standards Initiator/Stimulator

  5. Favouring Lower Levels: Subsidiarity Responsiveness Local Knowledge/Expertise Implementation/Speed Monitoring Uniqueness/Diversity

  6. Indeterminate: Sovereignty Revenue Sources Capacity to Deliver Efficiency Effectiveness Accountability Policy/Delivery

  7. DEFINING REGIONS “Community of Interest” “Large enough to achieve economies of scale: Small enough to be responsive and encourage civic participation” “Identity” Manifested by: Geographical Features Patterns of Communication Patterns of Transport Remoteness Socio/Economic homogeneity Ethnicity Ecology/Sustainable Developments Used by: Electoral commissions Telstra Australia Post ABS Governments

  8. DELIVERY TO REGIONS • Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation • Tax Sharing • Grants and Subsidies • CSOs • Incentives • Taxation Allowances • Exemptions

  9. FUTURE MODELS • Old States – plus Fourth Tier of Regions • No States, No Local – substitute Regions • New States (All options need HFE and Senate Reform)

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