The Howard government, regulatory federalism and the transformation of commonwealth-state relations

Australian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 295-314

  Parkin, Andrew ^a   Anderson, Geoff ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34249951280     PISSN: 10361146     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10361140701320034     Document Type: Article

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