ATARMAxxing · WACE Politics and Law revision notes
The changing federal balance: fiscal imbalance, referral, COAG to National Cabinet, co-operative versus coercive federalism and High Court interpretation
Political and legal systems
What this note covers
- From a coordinate federation to Commonwealth dominance
- Vertical fiscal imbalance, horizontal fiscal equalisation and the Grants Commission
- Referral of powers
- COAG, National Cabinet and Ministerial Councils
- Co-operative versus coercive federalism
- High Court interpretation and the federal balance
- Exam technique: essays on the federal balance
7 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes
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