A state government oversees the whole state while there are local governments such as county governments and city governments.
However, some state courts provided for inherent municipal powers, independent of states, under Cooley's law (providing for home rule movement)
Nevertheless, Dillon's Law , the majority of state decision, provided for only the state legislature to allow powers to municipality.
The central, or federal, government has the highest power. It is the highest level of government. Then there's the state government, then the local government.
The relationship is that the state government help in funding the local government
the relationship between the federal government and state governments is specifically laid out in the constitution
there are 3 different type of government in Australia. They are Local, State and Fedral government.
metropolitan government
It is different for each state.
local state and federal
Federalism.
Concurrent Powers
The state is the sole source of the right to resort to the use of legitimate force to compel obedience from citizens. The government is a complex of institutions of the state but is not itself the source of authority. Rather, government institutions exercise the state authority. Taken from TRU Poli 200 Handbook.
List of Enugu state local government
The central, or federal, government has the highest power. It is the highest level of government. Then there's the state government, then the local government.