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 * 1) Julia Gillard is PM
 * 2) Kevin Rudd was sacked
 * 3) Parliament house is in Canberra
 * 4) 2 teams Labour and Liboral
 * 5) Electrion on 23-8-10
 * 6) Leader of the Labour Party is Julia Gillard
 * 7) Leader of the Liboral Party is Tony Abbot
 * 8) The Party that are the leaders of Australia is the Labour Party
 * 9)  Julia is the 1st Female PM of Australi





When did this occur?

Australia formally became a nation on January 1st, 1901.

 What did this mean for Australia's colonies?

 It meant that all six colonies would become one nation.

 Explain the role of the Governor-General.

 The Governor-General makes sure the Prime Minister's decisions are good and she finalizes the Prime Minister's new laws. She is also the Queen's representative.

__Definitions __

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Federalism - The system of federal government.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Bicameralism - Practice of having to legisltive of parlimentry chamber.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Explain three levels of Government

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Federal - Runs the country <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">State - Runs each state in Australia (NSW, Victoria, NT, WA, SA, and Queensland) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Local - Runs a local area (Penrith, Camden)

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Names of each Government level

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Prime Minister <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Premier <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Mayor

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">How are decisions made and passed into law at a state and federal level?

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">1st they have the PM and the other party leader in a room with the speaker. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">2nd they say the law to the speaker. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">3rd then they say there reasons on why they should make the law. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">4th they have a vote!!

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">What does the Australian coat of arms mean?

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">The Shield - has 6 parts which represents each state. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">The Kangaroo - faces the right of the shield because it cannot move backwards. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">The Emu - faces the left of the shield because it also cannot go backwards. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">The Australia - the Australia written underneath the shield represents the federation of Australia. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">The Wattle - the wattle tree behind the Coat of Arms means the famous wattle tree of Australia

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Tasks of Australian PM!

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Make decisions for Australia. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Speaks for Australia. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Deals with climate change. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Deals with money problems. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Problems that are and have accorded in Australia. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Problems that will happen in the future (try and fix them).

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Short explanation of the election process!

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">-People go to were they have voting for there local area. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">-Voting gets counted after 6:00pm on the day of the election. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">-There are 150 electors and 76 seats in each party. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">-Each elector picks a seat for either the green, labor, or liberal. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">-1st team to have 76 or more is the government leader party.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Voting process!

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">-There are boxes on the green voting sheet. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">-Each box MUST be filled with a number from 1 - how many boxes there are on the sheet. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">-If a box isn't filled then the vote dosen't get counted.