Malcolm Turnbull has ensured that the crucial restoration of the health of the Australian federation has been delayed for years, if not decades.
The benefit of such a restoration is reliably projected as substantial – 10 per cent of GDP. That would be over $150 billion a year in today’s money, and around $8,000 for every man, woman and child.
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David Flint is a member of the board of the Samuel Griffith Society. The views expressed are his own.
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