NEW STATES WANTED
An All-Australia New State Conference has vust concluded .. t Albury (New South Wales). The object was to thrash out a policy common to the several new State movements, with the. idea of-securing a definite amendment to theFed*r al Constitution. At present the power to oreate new States is vested under the Constitution in the Parliaments of the existing States, and the chief aim of; th* movement is to have this nower transferred to the Federal Parliament with! the essential amendments designed te gave the federation- a .vole power to avoid costly -duplication, while .at the same tune giving the States the fullest powers ot local development and of local governmenk Definite proposals for amending the federal Constitution were carried by the, conference, and the powers which! should bo loft to the States were also outlined. It is axpecten that the result of the conference, will be to.firmly establish th« New State? movement," and it has provided it with a, clear-cut. policy.'
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 10, 12 July 1922, Page 9
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164NEW STATES WANTED Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 10, 12 July 1922, Page 9
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