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FEDERATION

 Federation began in 1901. Sir Edmund Barton was Australia`s first prime minister. the Governor general is able to "sack" the prime minister but isn`t the head of Australia. The Governor-General is the person who makes sure the PM his/her job correctly. (G-G) is short for Governor General. The G-G is the Queens representative for Australia. Bicameralism is having two or more branches, chambers, as a legislative body. Federalism means the principle or a system of federal.constitution means the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation,state,corporation or the like is government. the colonies mean that Australia was broken into different lands, flags and Railways.

 There are three levels of government. The highest level of government is federal. Federal looks after all of Australia. The leader of the federal government is the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister now is Julia Gillard the first female PM. The smaller Government is state. State looks after the six states of Australia NSW, WA and many more. Local Government looks after your places like Macarthur.

To make a decision it has to go through the he house of Representatives then the senate. In the coat of arms there are some pictures of marsupials. Like Kangaroo and Emu.There was also the Shield of war and a wattle.

There are tasks the PM have to do. they have to do many meetings, make laws, listen to others and show Australia their the best PM. To make laws it has to go through The House of Representatives,The Senate and finally to the Governor-General.

To vote for an election you have to be 18 and over and registered on the electoral roll. You would go to the polling station which is usually a nearby school, hall or other places to vote. First you would go to a desk and tell them your name and address. They would hand you a voting form which you would complete and place in a box.

= PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR PLASTIC BAGS = I think people should pay for plastic bags. People paying for plastic bags can help the environment by not polluting, killing aquatic life and animals that live on land.

As you all know that there is a massive amount of rubbish in the northern pacific ocean. It is so big that it covers more then the land of Australia. Since Hawaii is basically in the middle of the rubbish some beaches get covered in plastic bags and many other types of rubbish. At the beach you have to dig a foot or more deep until you find sand.Clean up Australia day was  founded by an Australian named Lan Kiernan in 1989. He made up Australia day because there was so much rubbish in water and on land that he decided to make up a day each year to clean up Australia.

Aquatic animals also get harmed by our rubbish. Animals such as turtles, fish and many others can get hurt or die. Some scientists found a dead sea turtle in the Australian ocean. They were not sure how it's death occurred so they studied it. They found that it had swallowed a plastic bag mistaking that it was a jellyfish. It died because it couldn't digest it or it choked on it. Birds out at sea can get their beak stuck in a plastic milk carton lid or a empty can of food container.

Same as aquatic life, animals on land also swallow our rubbish. At schools, kids always leave their rubbish on the floor. If that rubbish is not picked up it can eventually end up in the ocean or farmland. If it lands on farmland a cow or other animal could eat it. If they eat it they can choke or die for not being able to digest it.

Do you want to swim in a ocean of rubbish? I know I don't  So that's why you should have to pay for plastic bags.

By Tim