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Why not abolish the federal government?
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Review - Institute of Public Affairs
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September 1, 2008
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Governance
Joel Fitzgibbon, the Defence Minister recently claimed that Australia 'was the most over-governed country in the world'. Usually when anyone says this they're demanding the abolition of state governments in favour of bigger and more powerful central government. It's no surprise that abolishing state governments has long been a pipedream of federal labor politicians.
While few people would argue for more politicians, our federal system, that distributes authority between the federal and state governments, is far preferable to a centralist alternative.
As AJ Brown of the law school at Griffith University has pointed out, Fitzgibbons claim 'is nothing short of rubbish'. Australia ...