One Crikey reader writes that all the brouhaha, posturing, chest beating, and COAGulation, shows what is wrong with federalism. Plus, readers weigh in on the GST, the ABC and human rights.
Federalism
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Why Federalism is stuffed
Deal and no deal between PM and Premiers
Daily media wrap: All sides are declaring victory in the battle over public hospital reform, except no one seems to have actually won — yet.
Health reforms won’t revive dying federalism
That gurgling sound is Australian federalism dying as Kevin Rudd announces his health reform package.
Abbott’s populist federalism pitch no silver bullet
Tony Abbott’s plan for Australia’s federal system amounts to a populist pitch, writes Paul Kildea. His ideas are bold and bracing, but they are no silver bullet.
Rudd’s federalism: the sleeper awaits
Federalism is being ignored by both sides of politics in this campaign, writes Christian Kerr.
Flint: Rudd between a shredder and a hard place
While the media concentrate on the froth and bubble about what Peter Costello said or what Kevin Rudd did, the serious electoral issue remains the economy, writes David Flint.
