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//__FEDERATION __// 1.  Federation occured in 1901.Before then Australia was one continent with six different colonies, ruled by the British Parliament. The Northern Territory was governed by South Australia. in 1911 the Northern Territory and the Australian capital territory (ACT) was created by the Commenwealth Government.


 * 1.2. ** Federation meant for the Australian Colonies that each state will have its own parliament that will make laws for that state and each territory will have its own legislative assembly for that territory.


 * 1.3. **The governor general is the representative for the crown or the queen. Part of the responsibility of the governor general is to make sure that Australia is being governed properly according to the rules set out in the Constitution.


 * 1.4. **The Australian constitution is a set of legal principals which Australia is governed by and it describes how the parliament is composed, how it works, a list of the powers, gives a definition of how federal and state parliament share powers, refers to the role of the high court and other things.

bicameralism means having two chambers, houses or branches of a legislative body
 * 1.5. ** federalism means the advocacy or support of the federal system of government.

//__THREE TIERED SYSTEM __//


 * 2. **each level of government federal, state and local government is run by an elected council or parliament. they have the power to collect taxes for their own programs, the states also fund activities of the local council. there is 1 federal parliament, 6 states and 2 territory parliament and over 650 local councils.the powers of the commonwealth include defense, foreign affairs, trade and immigration.

The powers of the local government include building regulations, waste management, recreation spaces and dog control.The federal government election must be held every 3 years. Federal Government looks after foreign affairs, social securities, industrial recreation, trade, immigration, currency and defense.Roads, environmental management and public health issues are shard between the three levels of government local, state and local.
 * 2.2. ** The state government powers include health, education, transport agriculture and forests.

2.3. // FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - // PRIME MINISTER- JULIA GILLARD //STATE GOVERNMENT- // PREMIER- BARRY 'O FARREL //<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">LOCAL GOVERNMENT- // <span style="color: #f19898; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">MAYOR- RUSSEL MATHERSON

2.4. <span style="color: #ff004d; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">For something to become a law a person suggests it. It first enters the house of representatives where they argue and debate if it is then passed through the house of reps it moves to the senate.They argue and debate if it is then passed in both houses or needs more information it then goes to a comity. After it has gone through this process it goes to the governor general who represents the Queen to sign it off. After this it then becomes an act of parliament or law.

//__<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">COAT OF ARMS __// 3. <span style="color: #b284f0; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">The Australian Coat of arms consists of 6 badges for each of the states. A red kangaroo stands on the left side of the flag and on the right side stands an emu. There is a scroll beneath it that says Australia on it and wattle sprays from the background. The Australian Coat of Arms is a symbol of federation, it can be found on cricketers caps and on Australian passports.

//__<span style="color: #195719; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">PRIME MINISTER __// 4. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">Some of the tasks of the Australian Prime Minister is representing the Australian Government in other countries overseas, advising the Governor General about important appointments, selecting new members and senators from the same party to b ministers, deciding when to have an election, deciding what new laws should be introduced and many more things.

//__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">VOTING IN AUSTRALIA __// 5. <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">If you are over the age of 18 and you have enrolled and are an Australian citizen, you elect people to represent your electorate in the two houses of parliament, the house of reps and the senate.

//__<span style="color: #2c79af; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">POLITICAL PARTIES __// 6. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">THE GREENS <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">I think the Greens chose this colour because their political party is the Greens and green is the colour of the environment.

<span style="color: #6c00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">A.L.P <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">I think that the A.L.P chose these colours and symbols because they are the colours of the Australian flag.There is the Southern cross star and the Commonwealth star /star of federation which represents the six states and territories.

<span style="color: #2c79af; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">LIBERAL <span style="color: #35de3b; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">Liberal has the Australian flag with the Australian colours to represent Australia

<span style="color: #195719; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">DEMOCRATS <span style="color: #945ae2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">The Democrats party say the Australian Democrats with the colours dark green and yellow.

<span style="color: #e8a978; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">NATIONALS <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">The Nationals party say the Nationals with the colours white and yellow and green to show 1 nation

//__<span style="color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">DEMOCRACY __// 7.1. <span style="color: #f19898; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">Democracy means that all people should have their say in everything that affects them or their families.

7.2. <span style="color: #ff004d; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">I think that Australia has a fair system of government because everyone has their say on who they want to represent them in parliament or who they want to be prime minister.