Footnotes

The Federal Financial Relations Bill 2009 and

[1] The Hon Wayne Swan, Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 12 February 2008, p. 1.

[2] COAG, Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations, 29 November 2008, p. 4. http://www.coag.gov.au/intergov_agreements/federal_financial_relations/docs/IGA_federal_financial_relations.rtf - accessed 20 February 2009.

[3] COAG, Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations, 29 November 2008, p. 1.

[4] The Hon Wayne Swan, Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 12 February 2008, p. 1.

[5] The Hon Wayne Swan, Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 12 February 2008, p. 1.

[6] Richard Webb, Department of Parliamentary Services: Parliamentary Library, Research Note No.1: Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation, 20 August 2002, p. 1.

[7] Scott Bennett and Richard Webb, Department of Parliamentary Services: Parliamentary Library, Research Paper: Specific purpose payments and the Australian federal system, 14 January 2008, p. 1.

[8]Australian Government, Final Budget Outcome 2006–07, p. 59ff. Available at: http://www.budget.gov.au/2006-07/fbo/html/index.htm - accessed 20 February 2009.

[9] The Hon Wayne Swan, Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 12 February 2008, p. 1.

[10] Explanatory Memorandum, Federal Financial Relations Bill 2009, p. 25.

[11] Professor J Pincus, Submission 1, p. 2.

[12] Professor J Pincus, Submission 1, p. 3.