TRA-BITS&PIECES

!!!GOVERNMENT LEARNING TASK!!!

FEDERATION:

1. when did tho occur? on the first of january 1901, the six colonies joined together or federated to form the nation of Australia.

2. What did it mean for australia's colonies? when the federation put the colonies together that meant that they had to follow the law and rules.

3. explain the role of the governor general. governor general is the representative of the queen.

4. What is constitution?

the Australian constitution is the set of legal principles by which Australia is governed. It describes How the parliament is composed how parliament works,lists the power of the parliament.

5. Federalism.

Federalism political system that allows states untied under central government to maintain a measure of independence. Examples include the USA, Australia, Canada, Germany, India and Switzerland.

6 bicamerlism .

We don't have a two-chamber court system and the two party political system is a product of other factors in American politics, it is not written into law anywhere.

THE THREE TIERD SYSTEM:

Explain the three levels of government in Australia.

__ federal government: __

the decision-making body at the federal parliament. it consists of two houses the house of representatives and the senate.

__ state government: __

the decision-making body state level is the parliament which meets in the parliament house of each state.state parliaments are made up of two house with the exception of queen island which only has one house.

__ local government: __

the decision-making at the local level is usually called the city or shire council. councils have been established by state governments to look after the particular needs of a city or local community.

WRITE A BRIEF EXPLANANTION ON THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT:

__ responsibilities (federal): __

federal government responsibilities include foreign affairs, social security, industrial relations, trade, immigration, currency and defence.

__responsibilities (state):__

state and territory government responsibilities include justice, consumer, affairs, health, education, foresty, public transport, and mair roads.

__ responsibilities (local): __

local government responsibilities include local roads, garbage collection, building regulations, land subdivisions, public health and recreation facilities such as swimming pools

name the leaders of each level of government.


 * Federal government leader is the __prime minster__.


 * state government leader is the __premier__.


 * local government leader is the __mayor or the shire president.__

how are the decisions made and passed into law at a state and federal level?

the constitution established a common wealth, or federal parliament, which is bicameral. this means it consist of two houses the senate and the house of representatives. laws can only be passed or changed with the approval of both houses and the royal assent of the governor-general.

COAT OF ARMS:

the Australian coat of arms consists of a shield with badges of each of the six Australian states. on the left side of the shield stands a re kangaroo and on the right is an emu. beneath the shield is a scroll with the word 'Australia' written in it and wattle sprays form the background.

THE PRIME MINISTER:

the prime minsters jobs/tasks are:
 * chairing the weekly party meeting in which the party decides policy and examines new legislation.
 * selecting other members and senators from the same party to be ministers.
 * deciding with the ministers in cabinet what new laws should be introduced into parliament.
 * leading the government as the chief government spokesperson in the house of representatives.
 * representing the Australian government overseas.
 * advising the governor-general about important appointments such as the appointment of ambassadors, heads of government departments and other constitutional matters.
 * deciding when to call an election and leading the party in the election.

VOTING AND ELECTIONS:

each voter writes the figure 1 beside the name of the person for when he or she wants to vote the the voter writes 2,3 and so on beside every other name, to show his or her order of choice. the voter who wrote paper was saying, 'I vote for jones, but if I cant vote for him, I want to vote for brown.

POLITICAL PARTIES:

look at these symbols for some of the political parties that exists in Australia

= think about what each symbol represents and why they have used the colours and symbols in their logo. =

I think the green and yellow colours stand for the Australian colours and the red, blue and white colours stand for the Australian flag.

design your own logo for the **Australians people party.** explain why choose the images and colours you used.



we choose those colours because they are the Australian flag colours.

AUSTRALIAS PERSPECTIVE:

I think democracy means that a country where everyone has equal rights and government is by the people, through their elected representatives.

when Julia Gillard was the prime minister I did not think it was fair, but when tony abbot is the prime minister he took the carbon tax off and now everyone is happy.

my ideal government would look like everyone is happy and we have a peaceful world because we would follow the laws/rules and not to change them all the time because that's when people are not happy and no one wants that.

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