Australia’s states and territories could be powerful players when it comes to tackling some of 2017’s big issues, according to Griffith University expert Dr Tracey Arklay.
Dr Tracey Arklay
Dr Arklay was among a range of academics, public officials and community stakeholders who took part in Sir Samuel Griffith ‘State of the Federation’ series symposium in Melbourne last month.
She said states were responsible for many of the important policy decisions that affect Australians on a day-to-day basis – yet they are hamstrung by limited resources and dependency on the Commonwealth for funding.
“To date it has been the Commonwealth that has largely set the agenda and organised the times for meetings to discuss important ideas,” she said.
“Consider COAG, for example, which is where the Prime Minister and Premiers meet to consider big ideas, problems and attempt to work things out collaboratively.
“It sounds great – but again, the timing of these meetings are reliant
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