A continuing confusion? A comment on the appropriate dispersal of policy powers in the Australian federation

In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 25, Heft v 90

Abstract

For political scientists and economists, respectively, 'conflict' and 'inefficiency' are the recurring disabilities of Australian federalism. Most Laborites also share both misgivings. Seeks to refocus debate towards identifying an alternative explanatory dynamic for political behaviour within the system. This dynamic lies in the highly utilitarian usage the citizenry have made of the different loci of power provided by the federal system. (SJK)