Meanwhile, Ponting has defended Australia's rotation policy after first Test hero Mitchell Starc was rested for the Melbourne match, allowing Jackson Bird to make his debut.
The waivers could be organized around the Republican-friendly idea of federalism through which states serve as policy laboratories to test different approaches to common problems tailored to unique state needs and preferences.
But competition can allow reformers and anti-reformers to test their policy recommendations out and see what works, and it can allow space where the right rules for the right places can evolve.