Ending state sovereignty does not mean governing every community from Canberra. National institutions make the laws and guarantee equal rights; strong regional administrations shape priorities and deliver services close to the people who use them.
Authority should be easy to trace. Parliament remains responsible for national law and public money. Regional administrations have defined authority to plan, coordinate and deliver services within those laws, standards and budgets.
| National Parliament and Executive | Regional administrations |
|---|---|
| Constitution and national rights | Apply national rights and standards in local delivery |
| National laws, taxation and appropriations | Prepare regional budgets and administer allocated funds |
| Defence, foreign affairs, trade and national infrastructure | Plan and coordinate place-based services and infrastructure |
| National service entitlements and minimum standards | Deliver or commission services to meet those standards |
| National data, audit and integrity rules | Publish local results, contracts, spending and corrective action |
Regional boundaries should be settled through an independent process using population, geography, service networks, economic links, community identity and First Nations connections. Proposed boundaries are published for local comment and reviewed periodically as communities change.
Each region has locally elected leadership and public meetings, with fixed terms, conflict-of-interest rules, transparent decisions and an independent complaints pathway. Leaders are answerable to their regional electorate for priorities, spending and service performance.
Parliament sets transparent funding formulas that reflect population, distance, disadvantage, service need and the higher cost of delivery in remote communities. Multi-year allocations support planning, while emergency and equalisation funding remain available.
Regional plans begin with open community consultation, including councils, Traditional Owners, service users, frontline workers, businesses and community organisations. Administrations publish what they heard and how it changed the plan.
Each administration reports against common service measures and locally chosen priorities. Budgets, contracts, waiting times, access gaps and outcomes are published in comparable form, with independent audit and a public improvement response where standards are missed.
S38 pairs one national framework with regional administrations that plan services and run accessible offices, and local frontline delivery. Any transfer of state functions requires lawful authority and the applicable approvals.
01 · Now
Stand candidates at all three levels and ask Australians for the votes and seats needed to govern. Election outcomes belong to voters; no level of government is assumed won.
02 · When voters choose us
Take office only at the levels voters entrust to One Australia. Start the S38 program within the powers of those governments, with public baselines, consultation and transparent oversight.
03 · Through the required process
Develop and advance the planned representation and governance reforms through lawful parliamentary processes and the required state, territory or public-approval steps.
04 · Only if voters approve
Where the Constitution must change, proceed only after the applicable parliamentary process and referendum requirements are met. The Party holds no government power today and claims none.