WA Premier Colin Barnett is moving to bring councils under the watchful eye of the auditor-general, after 10 years of deliberations, just as Mike Baird…

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The Commonwealth should gives states more power over decisions and revenue, argues former senior Commonwealth bureaucrat Vince FitzGerald. The federation debate has begun.

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