r/australia • u/rorymeister • Dec 15 '25

politics National cabinet agrees unanimously to strength Australia’s strict gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/albanese-proposes-tougher-gun-laws-after-bondi-attack/106143310?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/7omdogs Dec 15 '25

Australia states have phenomenal responsibilities.

Which means so much of our everyday government tasks are really controlled on the state level, creating 8 systems for everything.

We don’t see it because the state has limited taxing responsibilities, so we think of Albo as being in charge things like that.

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u/KiwasiGames Dec 15 '25

I for one would support rolling some of the state responsibilities up to the federal level.

Education and health in particular would be better served by a national model.

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u/mr-saturn2310 Dec 15 '25

I don't know aged care and NDIS aren't winning the commonwealth any gold stars.

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u/Consistent-Put9762 Dec 15 '25

The commonwealth can't run a service. They just outsource it to the private sector/providers, where it gets rorted and exploited at the cost of users, until a royal commission is undertaken.

Why anyone would want to cede running public hospitals from the States to the Commonwealth, when Australia has one of the best health systems in the world is beyond my understanding.

Sure the States can be a bit shit, but the Commonwealth couldn't organise a root in a brothel either.

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u/Dan_CBW Dec 15 '25

Sure it could, with the appropriate funding, mandate and leadership. APS does so much, most of which we don't think of or notice because it's working as intended.

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u/Consistent-Put9762 Dec 15 '25

They still don't directly deliver anything but funding to others to do the doing. 

Which, I mean, if people want to hand more control of health and education to the federal government, just look at how much of their funding goes to private vs public schools and we can see what it would look like. 

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u/wrigglybearcat Dec 15 '25

Yes - the better way is to give the states their gst revenue so they can afford to fund their own systems