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GOVERNMENT

The article on the ramshackle Australian federation by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi is a particularly welcome contribution to political analysis in this country (“ Overgoverned, overtaxed: How Australia was set up to fail ,” 17/11).

The writers are to be congratulated on opening up what should now become a lively and productive conversation about reforming our federation.

What modern Australia clearly needs is a Standing Constitutional Commission, independent of all the local governments and state, territory, and Commonwealth parliaments, to canvass ref

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