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Federalism

2014

University of Wollongong

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To Restore Federalism, Strengthen The States And Make Australia More Republican, Gregory Melleuish Jan 2014

To Restore Federalism, Strengthen The States And Make Australia More Republican, Gregory Melleuish

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

The reform of Australia’s federation is under review. In this special series, we ask leading Australian academics to begin a debate on renewing federalism, from tax reform to the broader issues of democracy.

The University of Wollongong’s Gregory Melleuish explains how the current state-federal relationship has warped from the ideals of Australia’s constitution and why a return to republican principles must be the remedy.>p>