tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post8531037913207042080..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: Australia getting ready to re-devolve power?O'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-50374390093476704222008-09-10T17:45:00.000+01:002008-09-10T17:45:00.000+01:00Under the Australian Constitution each state is a ...Under the Australian Constitution each state is a sovereign state and it was clearly designed to disperse power among the states (and under the states to local government) and keep that power decentalized; and in a large, sparsely populated country three-tier government made good sense. However, since the end of the Second World War and especially since the early 1970s' under the Whitlam Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-27281068846796814042008-04-29T12:50:00.000+01:002008-04-29T12:50:00.000+01:00One of the biggest problems in Australia is the fi...One of the biggest problems in Australia is the finance issue. Up until 1942 the states had pretty much the same taxation powers as the provinces of Canada and the American states. However the federal government retained control of sales and excise taxes.<BR/><BR/>In 1942 due to the war, the Federal government passed measures which brought about the following:-<BR/><BR/>1 - An increase in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com