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= **GOVERNMENT PROJECT** =

**FEDERATION** **Q1.Federation occurred on the 1st of January 1901.** **Q2.Federation meant that the 6 colonies had to become a country.** **Q3.The roll of the Governor General is to represent the Queen in Australia.** **Q4.The Constitution is the book of laws that parlimnent has to follow.[only we can change the constitution]** **Q5.Federalism Means:The Federal system of government** **Bicameralism is a bicameral Parlimnent consisting of an appointed Senate and a popularly elected House of Represenatives assembly.**

**THREE TIERED SYSTEM** **Q1.Local look after the local area.State look after the main things in the state.Federal look after the main icons in Australia.** **Q2.Local responsibilities: Local roads,garbage collection,building regulations,land subdivisions,public health,recreation facilities such as swimming pools.State responsibilities:Justice,consumer affairs,health,education,forestrey,public transport and main roads.Federal responsibilities:Foriegn affairs,social security,industrial relations/trade,immigration,currency and defence.** **Q3.Federal:Prime Minister. State:Premier. Local:Mayor** **Q4.1st.The electorate member has to come into parliment with 50,000 signatures of people in the electorate who agree on the problem.** **2nd. The bill is introduced into the house of reps and is debated and voted on.** **3rd. If voted past the house of reps goes to the Senate and goes through a similer process(may go to a committee in the process to get more infirmation).** **4th. Finally it goes to the Governor General and she checks that it has been throught both houses if it has she signs the papers and it becomes a new law.**

**COAT OF ARMS** **Q1.on the coat of arms there is a shield with the six states symbols on it.On one side of the shield is a red kangeroo on the other side is an emu.Under the shield is a scroll with the word Australia in it.With wattle sprays as the background.**

**THE PRIME MINISTER** **Q1.Some of the rolls of the Prime Minister are:** **1.Chairing the weekly party meeting in which the party decides policy and examines new legislation.** **2.Selecting other members and senators from the same party to be ministers.** **3.Deciding with the ministers in Cabinet what new laws should be introduced into Parliament.** **4.Leading the Government as the chief government spokesperson in the House of Representatives.** **5.Representing the australian government overseas.** **6.Advising the Governor General about important appointments such as the appointment of ambassadors,heads of government departments and other constitutional matters.** **7.Deciding when to call an election and leading thye party in the election.** **VOTING AND ELECTIONS** **Q1.** **1.The Prime Minister announces when an election is to be held.** **2.Electorate writs are issued intructing an election to be held.** **3.The rolls close at 8.00pm seven days after the writ has been issued.** **4.Canidates are nominated and the order of names on the ballot papers is decided by random draw.** **5.Ballot papers are printed.** **6.Pre-polling (voting before election day) is conducted.** **7.Election day is always a Saturday.Voting is between 8.00am and 6.00pm.** **8.the scrutiny(counting of votes) is conducted.** **9.The election results are announced.** **10. The writs are returned with the election results on them.** **AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE** **Q1.Government by whole popullation, through elected representatives.** **Q2.No.Because we don't get to vote for our own Prime minister and we don't get to have our say/vote for new laws.**