Bits+And+Pieces-Preston


 * Government Learning Task. **

Federation

Federation occured in 1901. It meant all of the Australian colonies became one nation and...
 * The railways had to become the same size.
 * The colonies are one big colony.
 * You don't have to pay tax to enter another colony.
 * and so on.

The role Governor-General is to...
 * Represents the queen here in Australia.
 * Represents Australia in overseas events.
 * Gives the queen's approval for making a bill a law here in Australia.

The word **federalism** means __//the federal principal of government//__. The word **bicameralism** means //__having two branches, chambers, or house, as a legislative body__//.

Three Tiered System

The three levels of government in Australia are... Federal government responsibilities include: foreign affairs, social security, industrial relations, trade, immigration, currency and defence. State and Territory Government responsibilities include: justice, consumer affairs, health, education, forestry, public transport and main roads.
 * __Local__ that looks after your ward.
 * __State__ that looks after your state
 * __Federal__ that looks after the nation.

Local government responsibilities include: local road maintenance, garbage collection, building regulations and land subdivisions, public health and recreation facilities such as swimming pools.

The title for the leaders of each level are...
 * The leader for local is a **mayor** and the capital cities local leader is called a **lord mayor**.
 * The state leader is called a **Premier**.
 * The federal leader is called the **Prime Minister.**

This is how decisions are made and passed into law a federal level...
 * 1) The Introduction of the bill in the House of Representatives.
 * 2) 1st reading.
 * 3) 2nd reading.
 * 4) House committee.
 * 5) Consideration at detail.
 * 6) 3rd reading.
 * 7) The bill is agreed in the House of Representatives.
 * 8) The bill is introduced in the Senate.
 * 9) 1st reading.
 * 10) 2nd reading.
 * 11) Senate committee.
 * 12) Committee in whole.
 * 13) 3rd reading.
 * 14) Bill is agreed in the Senate.
 * 15) Royal assent by the Governor-General.
 * 16) The bill is finally a law.



The Australian coat of arms is broken into four parts which are...
 * 1) A shield with badges of each of the six Australian states.
 * 2) On the left side of the sheild stands a kangaroo and on the right stands an emu.
 * 3) Beneath the sheild is a scoll with the word 'Australia' written of it.
 * 4) Wattles make the background.

The Prime Minster. The Prime Minister is a member of Parliament in the House of Representatives. H or she is also the leader of the majority political party in the House. In the House of Representative, the Prime Minister sits at the centre table in front of the government. The Prime Minister is the most powerful person in Parliament and has many tasks, these include.
 * Chairing the weekly party meeting which the party decides policy and examines new legislation.
 * Selects other members and senators from the same party to be ministers.
 * Deciding with ministers in the Cabinet what new laws should be introduced into Pariliament.
 * Leading the government as the chief government spokesperson in the House of Representatives.
 * Representing the Australian government overseas.
 * Advising the Governor-General about important appiontment such as the the appointment of ambassadors, head of government departments and other consititutional matters.
 * Deciding when to call an election and leading the party.

Voting and Elections To vote in Autralia you have to do and be three things which are... The voting process in Austrialia goes like this...
 * 1) Over 18 years of age.
 * 2) An Australian citizen.
 * 3) Your nane must be on the Australian Electoral Role
 * 1) Make sure your over 18, an Australian citizen and on the Australian electoral role.
 * 2) Go to your local poling booth.
 * 3) Go up to someone who's sitting down at a table with a big book.
 * 4) They will ask three questions which are what's your last name, where do you live and have you voted today.
 * 5) After you have answered these questions and haven't vote yet they'll give you a small green piece of paper and a big white piece.
 * 6) Go to a booth and get your green slip of paper, and number your favourite candidate 1 to your least favourite 6.
 * 7) Now get your white piece of paper you can vote two ways with this one, firstly with the top you can put a number 1 in the box that you want to choose or number the candidates at the bottom 1 to 14.
 * 8) Now put the green slip in the box that says for green slips and put the big white slip where it says for white slips.
 * 9) You've finished voting.

Political Parties These are some reasons why I think the Political Parties use the things they use...
 * They used green, yellow, red, white and blue because they're Australian colours. They're Australian colours because cricketers where yellow and green for ODI's and Twenty20's etc and red, blue and white are used in the Australian flag.
 * The Liberals and the Labour used the Australian flag because it's the Australian flag.
 * The Democrats put their website on their logo so if someone's interested in the Democrats they can go on the Democrats website.

My Leadership Speech

Do you know the qualities of a good leader? Well I do. Good morning peers, parents and teachers my name is Preston Wilson and I’m here to talk to you about what a good leader is made up of. Do you know what a good leader is made up of? I know one person who has all the things a good leader needs.

The person I’m talking to you about is Jesus. Jesus is my role model. Why? Firstly he has all the qualities of a good leader. Secondly he was the first and original servant leader, thirdly I admire his qualities of a leader which are cooperation, faith, respect, him being humble, compassion and his care for everyone and finally he gave up his life so we can go to heaven. For example Jesus said ‘**//just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give//** **//his life as a ransom for many//**’ (Matthew 20:28). This means we should not expect to be served, but expected to serve others and put others in front of ourselves.

One way I put my leadership skills to use is in sport. I play cricket which is a team sport and requires some leadership qualities, which are cooperation, encouragement, for instance just say your teammate has just bowled a bad ball you can say ‘every balls a new ball’ or ‘unlucky,’ and finally sportsman ship. These are some qualities you need as a leader. So I think sport is a good way to learn leadership qualities.

We all know our three school rules. What do they mean? Well respect our self means to look after your belongs and you self. Respect others means look after other peoples belongings, respect them and respect their thoughts and opinions. Respect the environment means look after the environment and pick up rubbish you see. How can you obey the rule at school? Well to respect the environment in the classroom, sometimes you see some rubbish on the floor you can pick it up and put it in the bin. I do this most of the time. To respect others on the playground you don’t kick other peoples handballs away, include other people in your games and treat others the way you like to be treated. Which I do. So now I hope I’ve explained to you what the school rules mean and how you can obey them.

One problem I think is, that some leaders tell you a rule or something to follow but don’t follow it themselves. For instance say if someone tells you to follow the school rules but don’t follow the school rules themselves, that’s wrong. They should obey the rules too. Just like St Mary of the Cross said ‘**//We should lead more by example then//** **// word //**. ’ If you vote for me I will ashore you if I ask you to do something I would be willing to do it to. I hoped you have enjoyed my speech and consider voting for me.

2011