Australia, we need to talk about who governs our city-states
- Written by Benjamen Franklen Gussen, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology
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In 1971, a Time magazine article, titled “Should New York City Be the 51st State?”, observed:
States have not only short-changed and hamstrung their cities but are themselves the least creative and effective of the three levels of government.
Of course, the United States still doesn’t have a 51st state, but...
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