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== WHAT I KNOW ABOUT GOVERNMENT!!!
 * The are three levels of government they are: Socal, State and Federal.
 * Quentin bryce is the Governer general / GG the Queens represenitive.
 * She is also the first female GG.
 * The parliment house is in Canberra.
 * Kevin Rudd had the shortest time as prime minster.
 * You vote for a labour and liberial party.
 * you don't vote a person you vote for a party.
 * The party with the most votes chooses who's prime minister.
 * The mayor of penrith is Kevin Cramery.
 * children are not aloud to vote for a party.
 * You have to be 18 to vote for a party
 * Julia Gillard is the first female prime minister.



FEDERATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!

When did the federation occur?

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1901 <span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #24ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What did it mean for Australia's colonies?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">They put there faith in one person and became one nation. <span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #24ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Explain the role of the Governor General?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">She makes sure that the Prime Minister doesn't break the laws, she is the queens representitive and finalises all the Prime Minister's new law's. <span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #24ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What is the constatution? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__Legal princapals for Australia.__ <span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #24ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Explain the meaning of federalisn and bicameralism?

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In Government Bicameralism is a practice of having to legisltive of parlimentry

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">chambers and federalisn is a union of states under central government.

<span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">THREE TIERED SYSTEM !!!!!!!!!!!

<span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Expain the three levels of govrnment in australia.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">There is federal wich controls the whole country, state they control a tate e.g NSW

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">and there is a local they control local areas. <span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Write a brief explanation on the roles of each level of government. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">__The three levels of government take are care of certain things in certain places. Like Federation. Federation makes new laws to take care of the whole country. State. State takes care our hospitals and education in our school. Local. Local takes care of our rodes and it takes care of our local security.__

<span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Name thje title for the leaders of each level of government.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Federal=Prime Minister. State=presedent. Local=mayor. <span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">How are decisions made and passed into law at state and fedearal level ?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">There is a speeker and everyone has to respect him/her. The Prime Minister thinks of new laws and tries to make them actual laws throught the House Of Representitives. Then they give arguments to convince the speeker that it should become a law. Then they vote and the side with most vote wins. But it doesnt work that way. They then go to the senet and they check through and make sure that everything is fair.

<span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">COAT OF ARMS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Explain the symbols on the Australian Coat Of Arms. Including an image of the coat of arms. <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The emu and the kangaroo are two Australian Mamels that can only go forward and not back. This two mamels are on the Coat Of Arms beacuse Austrlia only goes forward not back. <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The wattle is one of Australia's most native plants. <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">On the Coat Of Arms the shield has six pictures. Each one of the six pictures represents each state. The six states are: NSW, QLD, WS, SA, TAS and the teritories are: NT, ACT. <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">

<span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #24ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">THE PRIME MINISTER !!!!!

<span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #24ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">List some of the tasks of the Australian Prime Minister. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Prime Minister tries to come up or make new laws to make our community safe. They also take care of our learning education and school and other work stations like:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"># Job sites.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"># Mining companies. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"># Banks. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"># Schools & education. <span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #24ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">﻿ VOTING AND ELECTIONS !!!!!

<span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #24ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Write a short explanation of the voting process used in Australia. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">﻿You go to you nearest voting pole and you dont vote for a person. You vote for a party and they are chosen to go sit in the parliment house and vote who will be our new prime minister on our behalf.

<span style="background-color: #f90194; color: #24ff00; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">POLITICAL PARTIES !!!!!

<span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #24ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Look at these symbols for some of the political parties for Australia. <span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #24ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"> Think about what each symbol represents and why they have used the colours and symbols in their logo.

<span style="background-color: #ff0097; color: #24ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"> Design your own logo for the Australian peoples party. Explain why you choose the images and colours you used. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">I used what i read from the title "The Australian Peoples Party" and tried to picture that in my own head. so i did little cut out of people and a big picture of Australia because its "the peaple of Australia" so i tried to turn the writing into a picture.