Costing constitutional change: Estimating the costs of five variations on Australia's federal system

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 43-56

  Drummond, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 0036902306     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8500.00298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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