Arguments for Federation in Australia included:
FOR
1. trading fees between borders would be canceled
2. train track sizes were different when traveling interstate which meant you needed to change trains
3.a united defense force would make more sense than a state by state one
4. a foreign policy throughout Australia would be more effective than a state by state one and would keep people of other races out easier
5. Britain would only need to deal with one nation instead of 6 colonies.
AGAINST
1. The smaller states could easily be outvoted in parliament and Victoria or New South Wales could block 3 other states
2. Queensland would lose their pacific islander slaves that worked on their sugar cane plantations lowering their profit margins or raising their prices
3. New South Wales might lose some of it's land closer to Queensland or South Australia
4. Western Australia and Tasmania were very distant from the rest of Australia which meant that they would be the last ones to get news
5. There was much argument about whether to put the capital in Melbourne or Sydney
Each of the Colonies had its own self-government, and was suspicious of curtailment of their independent rights. They also were suspicious of expansionist federal government taxing and consuming their funds and interfering in their state government. As a result federal powers were limited, and the Federal Government was required to pay back taxes to the states which were above the limits necessary for a lean federal administration. Today's federal government has fulfilled those fears.
Prior to Federation, there was no Prime Minister. The first Prime Minister of Australia was Edmund Barton, and he took on his position at Federation.
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it is important value that federation happened
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