It's a very different jurisdictional division, with much clearer separation between what the states do and what the federal jurisdiction does. They have various prescribed processes that they go through very quickly. We could ask our sister organization--well, not sister organization, but the equivalent--in Australia to compare. There was a workshop or conference of federations that looked at this issue, and there may be a report available from it that could be helpful.
On November 17th, 2011. See this statement in context.