States shine as federal government flounders this summer – now they should lead on climate change
- Written by Jennifer Menzies, Principal Research Fellow, Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith University

The recent federal government response to the bushfire crisis and the “sports rorts” affair are symptomatic of a deeper political malaise – role confusion.
Since the roles and responsibilities of the federal government have become untethered from Australia’s Constitution through a range of High Court...