Comments by "Top 40 Researcher" (@top40researcher31) on "American Reacts to Why Isn’t the Northern Territory a State? (Australia)" video.

  1. The Northern Territory in Australia is not a state because there isn't enough tax revenue generated to allow that form of financial independence – making it so it is reliant on funding from every other state.
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  2.  @downundarob  The major sources of state tax revenue are payroll taxes and stamp duties. State governments also impose taxes on land, gambling and motor vehicles. Municipal rates are the sole source of local government tax revenue.
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