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1. Julia Gillard is an un elected P.M because she was the deputy P.M when Kevin Rudd was sacked. 2. Julia Gillard is the first female P.M of Australia. 3. The Labor party is currently running Australia. 4.The election is held on the 21st of August 2010. 5. The liberal leader is Tony Abbott. 6. You have to be an Australian citizen and over 18 and also registered to vote. 7. Kristina Keneally is the Premier of NSW. She is a labor leader. 8. Quinton Bryce is the Governer General of Australia. 9. The GG takes place of the Queen in Australia. 10. She is the first female GG. 11. Blue vs Red vs Green.

1.FEDERATION > ﻿﻿﻿2.THREE TIERED SYSTEM
 * When did this occur? Federation occured in 1901.
 * What did it mean for the Australian colonies? It meant for the Australians that all the colonies would combine together to form one nation and they would learn to get along with all the different colonies.
 * What is the constitution? A document made before federation and can only be changed by a referendum. Every Australian knows these laws and we should always obey by these laws.
 * Explain the meaning of FEDERALISM and BICAMERALISM? Federalism is a political concept with a group of members are bound together by a governing representative head. Bicameralism is having the 2 chambers or houses of government such as the Senate and the House of Representatives.
 * Explain the three levels of Government in Austral ia.
 * 1. Federal - Prime Minister.
 * 2. State - Premier.
 * 3. Local - Mayor.
 * Write a brief explanation on the roles and responsibilities of each level of Government.
 * Federal - They look after the whole of Australia. They are responsible for employment, education, defence forces, welfare, health and immigration. Their roles are to make sure Australia is the best it can be.
 * State - The state Governments roles are to make sure NSW can be the best it can be. They are responsible for the environment, housing, tourism, public transport, education, water, law and order and health.
 * Local - The local governments roles are to make sure the community areas are up to standards and to make sure the local areas are the best they can be. They are responsibility for recreation, refuse collection, libraries, town planning, parks, gardens, buildings, community services and entertainment.
 * How are decisions made and passed into law at a state and federal level? Every political party will have meetings. In those meetings they will come up with ideas to make Australia the best it can be. If the party thinks the bill is a good idea to build our economy stronger. They will call on a meeting with everyone to raise the idea to Parliament and if 50% of Parliament agree, the bill will pass through and finalized. Once it is finalized the bill will go through.
 * 3.COAT OF ARMS
 * ➢ Explain the symbols on the Australian coat of arms. Include an image of the coat of arms in your response.
 * On the Australian coat of arms there is a shield. On the shield there are all the badges of all states of Australia on it. On the left of the shield there is a kangaroo and on the right side there is an emu. They have used them animals because they are Australian Native animals. To form the back round they have used an Australian plant called Wattle Sprays. On the top of the shield there is a 7 pointed star which represents that Australia is a commonwealth country.

➢ 4. THE PRIME MINISTER List some of the tasks of the Australian Prime Minister. 5. VOTING AND ELECTIONS ➢ Write a short explanation of the voting process used in Australia.
 * Some of the tasks of the Australian PM looks after includes: Going to meetings, deciding what bills will go through, making sure health and immigration is up to standards, keeping our defence forces strong, making sure people are employed, making sure our education is getting the funding that they need, and also our welfare.
 * When you turn 18 you can enroll to be on the electoral role which means you are able to vote in an election.In an election you will recieve to ballot papers, a white one and a green one. On the white ballot paper you have to fill in the boxes 1 to 5. If you don't do that your vote will not count and you don't get to say on who you want as PM. If you don't vote you will get a fine of $150 in a federal election, $100 in a state and $50 in a local election. On the green ballot paper you have to fill in all the boxes from 1 to 6, if you do not do that your vote will not count and you won't get your say.
 * 6. POLITICAL PARTIES
 * Ø Think about what each symbol represents and why they have used the colours and symbols in their logo.
 * The Greens- The greens have chose a triangle to represent recycling. They are environmentaly friendly so they would of chose the colour green to reprent the environment.
 * Liberal- The symbol that the liberals have used were the Australian flag. The liberals represent the Australian flag and blue for Wales.
 * The Nationals- They use green and gold to represent the land of Australia that we live in.
 * The Australian Democrats- They use green and gold to represent the land we live in.
 * The ALP,s- They use blue, red and white to represent the Australian flag and they also use the stars from the Australian flag. The only symbol that the ALP,s have used are the Australian flag.