Why do we need a state government?

They used these ideas when they developed our government. You will learn why they thought we need a government in the first place. You will also learn how they believed governments should be created and what they ought to do. read more

Above all, we need a state in order to have democracy, which is the system by which the many non-rich join together to overcome the power of the rich and thus deny them control over society. It's not that I implicitly "trust" the state; rather, that question is a side issue. We can't do without it. read more

If you were drawing up a system of government today, in ideal terms, what we have got now is the last thing you would have," Mr Hawke said. His comments have divided former premiers. read more