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=//Federation://=

//Bicameralism is an essential feature of the classical nation of mixed government.//
=//The three tiered system://=

//Over 650 local councils.//
====//Each level of government is run by a democratically elected council or parliament.The councils and parliaments have the power to collect other taxes and pay fo their own program,meanwhile funds are being transferred from the Commonwealth bank.//====

//Local:Different people// //Fedral:Tony Abott/Bill shorten//

//State:Cameron Lawerence/Peter Beattre//
//They get the law passed out by building a building regulation.//

=Coat of arms:= //The Australian,Coat of arms consitis there are six Australia States.On the left side there stands a red kangaroo.On the rightis an emu.The coat of arms is one of the symbols of federation.The coat of arms symbol can be found on cricketers,cops and Australian passports.//



=//The prime minister://= ====//The prime minister chooses members of the parliament of the parliament for the responsibilities called portfolios such as Defence,treasury and immigrations.All the prime ministers are from the same party or coaliation.In 1998,25 people served the prime minister Sir Robert Menzies was the prime minister for 18 years.the treasurer is the minister in economy working out what money should be spent used on the Government and federal Government.The Prime Minister is responsible for controlling Australia's airspace travel.To make sure the journey is safe.//====

=//Voting and elections://= ====//People who vote or make an election to the council means they want a new prime minister.When you are voting it means people might vote the same or different person and they will become the prime minister and thatmeans that they get to change the laws and rules for living!//====

====//Voting in Australia is conducted by a secret ballot box.Australia's citizens aged 18 years of age must be in a electoral roll to vote.People who are away from home can still vote,they send a postal vote.In some democratic countries such as USA and Britain voting is not compuslary.Some Australians believe that everyone should have a choice to vote or not to vote.//====

//Preferential voting//
====//In preferential voting the system is that the people have to fill in a ballot paper from 1-5.If they pick 1 it means that they want that candidate to win and if they pick 5 then it means that they don't want that candidate to win.//====

//Proportional voting//
//A proportional voting the system is that when the people vote for the candidate and the candidate wins that means that they win and that their party wins//

=//political parties://=

//The greens:The greens represents,the environmental party.They used the colour green because its the colour of the grass and the trees.//
//The national party:The national party represents the regional Australians.They used the colours because it is the colours of our country that we all live in.//

====//Australian democrats:The Australian democrats began as a site for students of the Victorian Certificate of Education.They used the colours because its the colours of our Austalian country which is green and gold.//====

//Liberal:The Liberal party has governed Australia for 42 years.They used the colours because it is the colours of our Australian flag which is white,blue and red.//
//ALP:The Australian Labour Party was formed in the 1890s.They used the colours because it is the colours of our flag for Australa.//

//My own logo//



//I chose the colours because it is the colours of our flag.//

=//Australian perspective://=

//Democracy:Democracy is a system of government of a country whose leaders have been elected by the people.//
//The democratic governments power comes from the people making the democratic system of government envolved of city/states such as Greece and Rome.Around 2500 years ago are all eligable citizens could speak up and vote at the meetings.Australians could change or keep the same government.//

//The ideal government would look like people being part of the government and the government changing laws and rules.//

//Money will come from the//

 * ====//bank//====
 * ====//taxes//====
 * ====//mint//====
 * ====//trees//====

//No we don't think that the Government is fair because there are tooooooo many laws and rules for living.//