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The Resilience Compact Model for Energy, Data, and Local Governance

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: After 125 years of centralisation, Australia’s federal compact has become administratively efficient yet constitutionally brittle. This paper proposes the Resilience Compact Model (RCM) — a framework of cooperative constitutional instruments that operationalise Sections 51, 92 and 96 for the digital-energy age. Each compact (Energy, Data, and Local Governance) translates the moral economy of federalism into modern practice: distributed power generation, sovereign information systems, and empowered councils acting as regional resilience nodes. Using RSQS-6D analysis, the paper sets out legislative templates and fiscal pathways for re-federalising Australia without formal constitutional amendment — returning accountability and innovation to the regions while maintaining national cohesion.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17518070

Author: Adamson, Greg

Language: English

Topic: Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7103885809

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