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dc.contributor.authorCraven, Greg
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:35:35Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:35:35Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:32:11Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationCraven, Gregory. 2006. Commonwealth Power Over Higher Education: implications and realities. Public Policy 1 (1): 1-14.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33196
dc.description.abstract

This paper explores the Commonwealth's power over universities. First it considers the extent of Commonwealth constitutional power as a matter of strict law and second it considers that constitutional power within a wider legal, administrative and practical context. The paper reaches four general conclusions: (i) the Commonwealth enjoys significant direct constitutional power over higher education; (ii) the Commonwealth has significant power to influence and form higher education policy indirectly through conditional funding of universities; (iii) notwithstanding its direct legislative power and its capacity for indirect financial influence, critically the Commonwealth presently lacks the cohesive constitutional power necessary to regulate the universities directly and comprehensively, although this may change in light of an impending decision of the High Court; (iv) in light of this analysis, any genuine attempt at national higher education legislation or regulation by the Commonwealth would, at present, have to be based upon significant cooperation with the States.

dc.publisherJohn Curtin Institute of Public Policy
dc.relation.urihttp://www.jcipp.curtin.edu.au/publications/publicpolicy.html
dc.titleCommonwealth Power Over Higher Education: implications and realities
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume1
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage14
dcterms.source.titlePublic Policy
curtin.identifierEPR-1712
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyChancellory


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