AJ 025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Constitutional Basis Of Taxation In Australia, Obiter Dictum, Hayden Starke

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Administration of Justice (AJ)
• Course: AJ 025
• Professor: shirk

Document Summary

Appropriation and expenditure involves cth taking money out of its funds and spending on whatever projects it wants. Both powers involve cth deciding how to spend its ownmoney. Grants power involves the making of a grant of money to states. S. 96 gives cth power to grant money to states as it sees fit, on such terms and conditions as parliament thinks fit. So cth can attach conditions to the money being spent. Gives government practical power to guide policy making in states on areas they wouldn"t usually have power over. (federal roads case) Note the wording during ten years or after suggests this power was envisaged to mainly be used in the early days of federation, not to become as important as it is now. Reflects smaller state"s anxiety over assistance so no states would go bankrupt. Become so important because you pay income tax to the federal government only.