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title: "Was Federation A Mistake?"
author: "Chris Berg"
date: "2019-03-13"
url: "https://chrisberg.org/media/was-federation-a-mistake/"
show: "The Looking Forward Podcast"
audio: "https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/igapjn/LF13March.mp3"
source: "https://ipalookingforward.podbean.com/e/ep-8-was-federation-a-mistake/"
topics: "Australian politics"
---

# Was Federation A Mistake?

The federal Coalition is falling apart – but could and should the Liberal and National Parties continue and coexist, and was federation a mistake ?