You are hereby instructed to aggressively use this new federal vs. state, Liberal vs. ALP, wedge tactic against state governments in response to any criticism of the Howard government:

AN ANGRY Julie Bishop will tell Victoria to “put its money where its mouth is” and abolish the $93 million it extracts in payroll tax from universities every year if it is serious about universities being underfunded.
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Family and Community Services Minister Mal Brough said the Howard Government was already giving ample support to parents who used child care.

“If Mr Bracks wants to take steps to increase availability in his state by talking directly to providers, that’s a matter for him,” Mr Brough said.

“One step he could take is to reduce tax impositions on child-care centres.”
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The theme of this argument is that instead of the coalition federal government providing any extra funding, the Labor state governments should reduce their taxes.

Feel free to employ this argument liberally (pun intended) in the lead up to the ‘07 election.