Part 1. Setting the Scene: Old Questions or New?

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

The symposium

Part 1: Setting the scene

Part 2: Drivers for change

Part 3: New institutions?

2. Federalism, Regionalism and the Reshaping of Australian Governance

Introduction

Ships in the night? ‘State-regionalism’ and ‘region-regionalism’

Why is regionalism a federal issue? Some facts

A centralised system

Political legitimacy

Political devolution not a newly identified problem

Deliberative culture

A dynamic and changing system

Conclusions: five lessons for contemporary institutional design

References

3. The Political Viability of Federal Reform: Interpreting Public Attitudes

Introduction

Idle speculation or a more general query? Federalism and public opinion in Queensland and NSW

Looking for differences: what determines citizens’ interest in change?

In conclusion: a new window on the feasibility of reform

References