Australia has a three tier system of government not two
....that aside I agree with you...
...for obvious reasons the state Premiers are "enjoying" being in the spotlight atm at Morrisons expense, with some of these Premiers riding a deserved wave of popularity...
..on the otherhand Morrisons inept handling of the vaccine rollout and quarantine issue alone is an argument for not handing to much power to a centralised government and splitting various functions.,.
If a referendum vote were held today, retaining the states would win handsomely imo...
I'm all for a centralised government with councils...lots of reasons why but anything that reduces the number of ineffectual politicians with their noses in the trough has to be a good move