This provocative 1998 study of federalism identifies a pattern of intergovernmental relations in Australia.
1. National problems, federal solutions; 2. The theory and practice of cooperative federalism; 3. SPC, COAG and the politics of collaboration; 4. Achieving cooperation: players and processes; 5. The machinery of intergovernmental relations: an institutional analysis; 6. The institutions of collaborative federalism; 7. Duplication and overlap: new roles, old battles; 8. The future of collaborative federalism; List of references; Index.