Articles tagged: state

Intergovernmental Relations Conference: A practical approach in a changing landscape

How can State and Federal governments work together more effectively to improve the services they deliver?

Register for the Intergovernmental Relations conference, July 21 – July 22, 2009 Canberra and hear from public sector practitioners from national, state and local governments, peak bodies and academics on cooperative federalism.

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Curing Sick Hospitals

John Menadue writes, ‘A state handover of health services to the Commonwealth may be politically too difficult for some states. A practical and feasible alternative which is being canvassed, would be to establish a joint Commonwealth/State Health Commission in any state where the two governments could agree.’
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