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= GOVERNMENT PROJECT =

=__ Federation __= Q.When did federation occur? A.Federation occurred in 1901 when the six colonies (now know as states) formed the new nation of Australia. Q.What did it mean for Australia's colonies? A.It meant that Australian colonies were going to be safer and the law making is going to be passed on to the federal government. Q.Explain the role of the Governer General. A.The Governer Generals role is to represent the Queen in parliment and to make sure a bill has been debated, researched and then been passed through both The House Of Representitives and the Senate before coming to her to be signed and to become law. Q.What is the constitution? A.The constitution is a set of principles by which Australia is governed by. To change a law from the constitution it has a special process. Q.Explain the meaning of federalism and bicameralism. A.The meaning of federalism is the division between the orders of government. Bicameralism means a legislative body having two branches.(Senate or The House Of Representitives.)

THREE TIERED SYSTEM Q.Explain the three levels of government. A.__Federal__ government is the decision making body at the Federal level of parliment. The federal parliment takes place in both the House of Representitives and the Senate. The __State__ government is in control of all the states. The State government is lead by the premeier and meets in each state house in parliment. The __Local__ government is in control of the local communities. The Local government is lead by the mayor or also known as the shire. Q.Write a brief description on the roles and responsibilities of each level of government. A.The F__ederal__ government responsibilities are the foreign affairs, social security, industrial relations, trade, immigration, currency and defence. The role of the federal government is to take care of issues from all the countries. The __State__ governments responsibilities are justice, consumer affairs, health, education, forestry, public transport and main roads. The role of the State government is to control what goes on in the states. The __Local__ governments responsibilities are local roads, garbage collection, building regulations, public health and pools. The role of the local government is to take control of effects and maters that are affecting the local community. Q.Name the titles for the leaders of each level of government? A. The federal governments leader title is the Prime Minister.(P.M.)The Prime minister for 2012 is Julia Gillard. The State governments leader title is the premier. The premier of 2012 is Barry O'Farrell.

The local governments leader title is the mayor or also known as the shire. The mayor for 2012 is Russell Matheson.

Q.How are decisions made and passed into law at a state and federal level?

A. Step1: The bill is announced in the House Of Representatives.

Step2: The members parliment debate on the bill.

Step3: Members of parliment have a vote on wether the bill should become law.

Step4: If the bill succeeds it goes through to a research commitie to be research it more.

Step5: When it's been researched more it goes into the Senate where a same process is followed.

Step6: If voted yes it goes to the governer general to be signed and to become law.

COAT OF ARMS

Q.Explain the symbols on the Australian coat of arms.

A.The badge symbols the six states.The kangaroo sits on the left hand side holding the badge. On the right hand side sits an emu holding the other side of the badge. Under the badge is a scroll with the word Australia written on it. The backround is filled with our native plant the Wattle.



THE PRIME MINISTER Q.List some of the tasks of the Australian Prime Minister. A.The Prime Ministers jobs include: -Instructing the governer general in ministerial appointments -Choosing election dates -Dishes out ministerial postion -International spokesman for the nation VOTING AND ELECTIONS Q.Write a short explanation of the voting in Australia. A.Step1:The date of the election is read out by the Prime Minister. Step2:Electoral writs are issued instructing an election to be held. Step3:They print the ballet paper. Step4:The election is held and stops at 6:00pm. Step5:They count the votes. Step6:The results are announced. POLITICAL PARTIES Q.Look at these symbols for some political parties that exist in Australia. .

Q.Think about what each symbol represents and why they have used the colours and symbols in their logo. A.The Liberal logo means it's the symbol of the southern cross to show Australians. The Greens use green as their colour because it means the environment. Labour uses blue, red and white because they are Australian flag and the sourthern cross and union jack to represent Australia. The Nationals use yellow and green to show the colours of Australia and being one region. The Democrats logo means to have your vote in society. They use the colours green, yellow and gold being Australian colours. Q.Design your own logo for the Australian peoples party. Explain why you chose the images and colours used. A.

AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVES Q.Democracy - explain in your own words what democracy means. A.Democracy means to have your say. (Make your vote count!) Do you think Australia has a fair system of government - explain your answer? A.Yes because it means we can have our say in what we want.