Whether he succeeds or not, Malcolm Turnbull's attempt to reform the federation will be a long and tricky process.AAP/Ben MacmahonThe lead up to this year’s first Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting has been dominated by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s surprise proposal to allow the states to collect a share of income...
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s proposal to hand over to the states some of the income tax powers now held exclusively by the Commonwealth is perhaps the most extraordinary event in recent Australian political history.
If it happens it will overturn nearly a century of the Commonwealth accumulating power at the expense of the states,...
Malcolm Turnbull has called for a dramatic shift in Australia’s model of federalism, specifically seeking to allow the states to levy their own income taxes. Many economists regard this as sensible and much-overdue reform to correct a deeply entrenched problem in Australia’s fiscal constitution – vertical fiscal imbalance.
But it...
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) will today consider a proposal from the Prime Minister to give additional funding to the states for public hospitals.
The Commonwealth is partially reversing cuts it made to public hospital funding in its 2014 budget, offering a new A$3-5 billion three year deal. But the deal has some unwelcome strings...
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