Originally Posted by
DirectAnywhere
If there has ever been a stronger scenario in the last 120 years arguing for the abolition of the states entirely, I fail to see it.
Zero chance of that happening. That would require the biggest re-writing of the Constitution in history. Australians are notoriously reluctant to change the Constitution, only 8 out of 44 referendums have passed for minor issues. Even relatively straight forward changes for a minimal Republican model failed. Abolition of the states would never get through. I think WA, and maybe others, would rather secede than be ruled from Canberra on the other side of the continent.
The way out of this will be a national road map, but that would take a competent Federal government. Apart from putting us into debt giving pay rises to some casual and part time workers our current government has been quite clueless on how to guide us through this crisis. They've been more than happy to follow the Premiers and Arden's lead, and cowardly hide behind Clive Palmer. They refused to debate Australia's first recession in 3 decades yesterday in Parliament. So it's no surprise some Premiers feel they have to take the initiative on their own.