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Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's idea of Commonwealth withdrawing from funding state schools is fraught

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageMalcolm Turnbull invited premiers and chief ministers to the Lodge on Thursday evening ahead of a meeting of COAG.PMO

Malcolm Turnbull is the venture capitalist of politics who, with his bid to force the states to raise a slice of income tax, has invested heavily in a risky enterprise.

As one who exhorts entrepreneurs not to fear failure the Prime...

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Turnbull’s plan to fix the federation is bold – but can he deliver?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageWhether he succeeds or not, Malcolm Turnbull's attempt to reform the federation will be a long and tricky process.AAP/Ben Macmahon

The 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...

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Three tax alternatives to restore sovereignty to Australia's states

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

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,...

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