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__Federation __  1. On the 1st of January 1901.  2. It meant that the colonies turned into states and in 1911 the commonwealth government created the Northern Territory and the Australian capital territory.  3. Quentin Bryce is the governor general and she represents the queen and passes all the laws and bills.  4. The Australian Constitution is set up up of legal principals. It describes how parliament is composed, how it works, how state and federal share power, refers to the high court and more.  5. Federalism: Federalism is the process by which two or more government share the same geographic area. Bicameralism: Bicameralism means a legislative body having two branches, houses or chambers. __ Three tiered system __  1. The three levels of government are federal state and local.  2. Federal looks after the countries matters like the carbon tax and refugees. State looks after each state and they look after the the highways, schools and state matters. Local looks after local roads, schools and parks.  3. Federal: Julia Gillard of labour who is the prime minister and Tony Abbot of liberal who is the opposition leader. State of N.S.W: Barry O'Farrel of liberal and the opposition leader John Robertson of labour. The leader of the Macarthur electret is Russell Matheson.  4. The federal Laws a first offered up in the house of representatives. Then the Law goes to the senate after that the law goes back to the house of representatives to make any changes. Then the bill goes to the governor general to sign and then it becomes a law. State goes to the Legislative Assembly then to the upper house and then the law is passed.  __The coat of arms__  The coat of arms consists of a shield with badges for each states. On the left is a red kangaroo and on the right is an emu. Beneath the shield is a scroll with the word Australia written on it and wattles spray from the background. The coat of arms is a symbol of federation and the commonwealth uses it to identify authority and property. It can also be found on cricket caps and australian pass-ports.



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 __ The Prime Minister __  The responsibilities of Julia Gillard are:  Charing the weekly party meeting in which the decide new legislation. Selecting members and senators from the same party. Deciding with the ministers in the cabinet about what new laws should be introduced into parliament. Leading the government as chief spokesperson in the house of representatives. To represent Australia overseas. Advising the Governor General about importing appointments such as ambassadors, heads of government, departments and other constitutional matters and deciding when to call an election. <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;"> __Political Parties__ <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> Labor: It has the the sign of the southern cross to show were Australian. ALP to show the name of a party and the colours of the flag. <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> Liberal: The australian flag, the sign of an L to show what party it is and then the Liberal underneath to show the name of the party. <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> The Greens: A green background because the name of the party is the greens <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">and it shows what they support and then underneath the name of the party which is the greens.

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">The Nationals: Green and Gold for the Australian colours, the name of the party and who they are a representative of.

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">The Australian Democrats: Green and Gold to represent Australian colours and the name of the party.

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Australian Perspective

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">1. Democracy is a system of government which is made up by the whole population or eligible members of the state or Country.

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">2. I think it doesn't because not every person can be heard only one person from each electret can be heard and every person should have a <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">say about how they feel. <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">