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Unit 3: Political and Legal Power
Quick questions on The Changing Federal Balance: WACE Year 12 Politics and Law
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What are section 96 tied grants?Show answer
Section 96 lets the Commonwealth grant money to states "on such terms and conditions as the Parliament thinks fit." This allows tied (or conditional) grants, where the Commonwealth attaches policy strings to funding in areas it cannot legislate on directly, such as school curriculum standards or hospital targets. Because the states depend on this money, they often accept conditions that effectively extend Commonwealth influence into residual fields. Section 96 is therefore a constitutional workaround for the limits of section 51.
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