http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-31/waxit-explainer-wa-liberals-to-debate-secession-motion/8858912?pfmredir=sm
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/sep/03/wa-liberal-party-votes-to-look-into-state-seceding-from-federation?CMP=soc_567
Wow. Not so hypothetical anymore.
The only qualifier I would put on my original comments is that the GST debate is much more important than I previously acknowledged.
But I do think secession would only be a second best alternative. First best would be a federal government that is more responsive to Australia's two-speed economy. If not through the GST system, then through some other fiscal mechanism. But something!
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/sep/03/wa-liberal-party-votes-to-look-into-state-seceding-from-federation?CMP=soc_567
Wow. Not so hypothetical anymore.
The only qualifier I would put on my original comments is that the GST debate is much more important than I previously acknowledged.
But I do think secession would only be a second best alternative. First best would be a federal government that is more responsive to Australia's two-speed economy. If not through the GST system, then through some other fiscal mechanism. But something!
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