Program (Draft)
| Date | Time | Session/Theme | Speaker | Topics |
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| Mon 26 May 2008 | 10.00am - 10.30am | Registration/Launch | The Hon Michael Atkinson Attorney-General |
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| 10.30am - 12.30pm | Session 1- Politics & Principles of Federalism |
Professor Cliff Walsh
Professor Brian Galligan |
Principles of Functional Federalism, Politics of Federalism |
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| 12.30pm - 1.30pm |
Lunch
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| 1.30pm - 3.00pm | Session 2 - The Legal Context |
Professor Fiona Wheeler Dr Alan Fenna |
The Legal Context
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| 3.00pm - 3.30pm |
Afternoon Tea
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| 3.30pm - 5.00pm | Session 3 - Fiscal Federalism |
Dr Glenn Withers
Professor Jonathan Pincus
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The effects of a Federal structure - a case study of Education Competitive Federalism |
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| 7.00pm | Dinner Jollys Boathouse | |||
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Tues 27 May 2008 |
10.00am - 12.00pm |
Session 4 - Comparative Perspective |
Dr Ben Hillman
Professor Bambang Permadi S Brodjonegoro |
Regional Autonomy issues in China Current issues in decentralisation in Indonesia |
| 12.00pm - 1.00pm | Lunch | |||
| 1.00pm - 3.00pm | Session 5 - Machinery of the Federation |
Ms Wendy Campana
Ms Tanya Smith
Mr Geoff Anderson |
Local Government perspective Federalism from a State perspective Regulatory Federalism |
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| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Afternoon Tea |
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| 3.30 - 5.00pm | Session 6 - Options & Opportunities for the future |
Professor Ken Wiltshire Ms Clare Martin |
