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Budget explainer: the federal-state battle for funding

  • Written by Adam Webster, Departmental Lecturer in Law and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

There seems to be an ever present struggle for a share of the revenue government collects, not only between states but also between the different levels of government.

In each year’s budget, the federal government allocates funds for federal programs (such as defence) and for some programs operated at a state level (such as school education,...

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