Reform Challenge for Howard at COAG

The Prime Minister must use next week’s Council of Australian Governments meeting to demonstrate his commitment to reform of the federation.

Our federal structure is struggling. The Inter-Generational Report shows productivity is faltering with growth this decade revised down to 1.5 percent compared to the long term average of 1.75 percent.

Reform of federal-state relations is the key to the new wave of economic and social reform Australia needs to raise productivity over the coming decades.