Former PM&C boss explains how decentralisation could work

By Tom McIlroy
Updated June 19 2017 - 9:28am, first published 9:23am
Terry Moran. Friday September 12. 2008. ..........AFR First Use Only..........  Pic James Davies  Terry Moran speaking today at the ANZSOG conference Melbourne.  Story Matt Dunckley.
Terry Moran. Friday September 12. 2008. ..........AFR First Use Only.......... Pic James Davies Terry Moran speaking today at the ANZSOG conference Melbourne. Story Matt Dunckley.

One of Australia's most respected former public servants has called for a strategic approach to government decentralisation, warning regional cities could be too small to support transplanted workers without their own broad and viable labour markets.