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Shannan Chetcuti

federation occured in 1901 on the 1st of january .the colonies became states and had the power of the commonwealth. the govener general is the repersentative for the queen .she approves of laws and helps the government run our country her name is alice louise bryce. the constution is the book that has all the laws inside of it .fedralism is when government and opposition and all of members parliment come together. bicameralism means the legustive body is one.

three tired system first there is local government they look after parks ,pools ,traffic lights ,roads and street lights. then their is state government they look after transport ,schools, hospitals and freeways /highways. federal government looks after education, defence, welfare and many other things.

prime minister Julia Gillard

opposition leader Tony Abbott

premier Barry O Farrell

opposition John Robertson

tanya davis

david bradbri the people of state parliment agree on a bill and send it to fedral government it then goes to house of representatives if they then agree it goes to senate if they agree it goes to the govener genral and then she will sign if she wants it or if she doesn't the bill won't get passed.

Coat Of Arms australias coat of arms has a kangaroo and an emu .these to animals that stand out on the coat of arms are not able to walk backwards and therefore australia cant go backwards ,the can only go foward the plant in the backround is golden wattle .wattle is australias national plant. the Kangaroo and the emu are holding up a sheild, upon it is a badge that has the six states on it .this happened on the first of january 1901 it can also represent the commonwealth star .on the star there is one point for each state and the 7th star represents the territorys.

Julia Gillard alicates ministral positions, choses elction dates ,position assumes power and prestige ,has the power of patronage and chairs cabnets. .

To be able to vote you have to be an australian citizen can enroll at 16 you have to vote over 18 you get your name marked of and vote for your favorite person to your least favorite person.

democracy means when a whole group of mps come together and vote yes because the leading party can vote if they want to have a say or they can elect their leader