In December 2008, the federal government received the Review of Australian Higher Education: Final Report, prepared by a policy review committee chaired by former Vice-Chancellor Denise Bradley. The education minister, Julia Gillard, has indicated that she will give her response to it in early March 2009. One of the Bradley report’s key recommendations is to...

It is nine years since the last referendum was held to amend the Australian Constitution, and it is over 30 years since there was a successful referendum to amend Australia’s Constitution. The present decade may be the first since Federation during which there is no referendum held. The lack of reform to the Constitution has...

Anne Twomey argues in this article that it is in the interests of all of us to make federalism work better. Much could be achieved without the need for a constitutional amendment. All that is required is will and commitment. Recognising the problems is one thing, but now we need to do something to fix...

Scott Bennett gives an overview of Australian federalism, noting its strengths and weaknesses, and asks: where does the system go from here?

Federalism needs to be reinvented to end buck passing and duplication, argues George Williams.