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stable industrial relations viz a viz full employment thanks to sound Federal workplace agreements; strong Aussie$ = greater purchasing power for goods and services (imports and travel); Medicare benefits; Social security benefits for those unfortunate enough to need them; Minimum wage legislation; Capacity for natural disaster funding; Subsidies for alternate fuel uses such as gas conversions for cars; and probably a million other benefits I haven't got time to think of here at work at the moment.
The point should be made that we would all be better off if the State Labor Governments lived up to their end of the 2000 agreement and gave a greater distribution of the GST wealth to the people in their respective domain by properly funding the public services for which they have responsibility rather than hoard the GST windfalls for future pork barrelling !