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It has gradually made responsibilities of the state and federal government more separate (apex)
The federal government has taken a more active role in areas once controlled by the states.
Federal funding of these programs allowed the federal government to direct states in administering them.-Apex
The founding fathers created a government based on federalism to avoid tyranny by allowing more citizen participation through both state and national elections for public offices. The idea was also that new ideas and programs could be tested at the state level without impacting negatively the nation as whole as well as that particularly divisive state leaders could be contained within their state.
The nation of Australia has changed immensely since the first settlement. It is an advanced, first level nation with high technology and successful governments.