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Two Way Governance: Presentation 5
Parliament also gave the
Commonwealth Government the power
to make financial grants to the States.
The Constitution set up the States.
It says that if State law isn’t consistent
with federal law, the federal law would
sit on top of it.
It also allowed for new states to be
created.
No new States have been created since federation. The NT is hoping to become a State, but the
Constitution says it needs a majority of votes in favor from the people of the Territory to change.