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Federat ion ! 1.Federation Occurred in 1901. 2.For all the colonies this meant they would become six independent states. 3.The role of the Governer-Genaral is to represent the Queen in parliament and make choices on the Queens behalf. 4.The constitution is a set of principles controlling how Australia is governed. 5.Fedralism is a system of Government in which powers and responsibility are divided between a federal government and a regional government or state government. 6.Bicamralism is a parliament that consists of 2 chambers.

Three Tiered System ! 1.The Three Levels of Government are Local, State, Federal. 2.Federal government looks after Foreign affairs, social security, industrial relations, trade, immigration, currency, defence. 3.State government looks after justice, consumer affairs, health, education, forestry, public transport, main roads. 4.Local Government looks after local roads maintenance, garbage collection, building regulations, land subdivisions, public health, recreation facilities such as swimming pools. 5.For Federal it's Prime-Minister 6. For State it's Premier <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">7.For Local it's Mayor <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">8.First of all the bill has to introduced into the House of Representatives.Next they debate and try to convince the oppisition to vote I on the bill.If the I's win the vote the billl goes through a comitie and then the commitie finds out more information about the bill.Then the House of Representitives revise over the bill again and have a proper vote on it and if the majourity of Yes wins the bill goes into senate and the same thing happens all over again. Once it has made it out of the senate the House of Reps have one last final vote then if it passes it goes to the governer general and signed and is now a law.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">Coat of Arms ! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">1.The shield in the middle of the coat of arms represents all of the six <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">states because it has all the state flags in it.The Kangaroo is Australia's National Animal and the Emu is the National.The Star is the six pointed Federation Star.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">The Prime-Minister <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">1.Julia Gillard's (That is the name of our current prime-minister) tasks are chairing the weekly party meeting in which the party decides policy and examines new legislation, Selecting other members and senetors from the same party to be ministers, Deciding with ministers in the cabniet what new laws should be introduced into parliament, Leading the government as the chief government spokesperson in the house of reps, Representing the Australian government overseas, Advising the Governer-General about improtant appointments such as the appointment of ambassadors, Deciding when elections are to be held. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">Voting And Elections ! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">1.For each state there is a vote held in each state their is 4 different cantidates running for the leader for their party and then how many votes were on the same person wins and is now the leader for their party and is now the leader of Australia. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">Fun Fact (that's not really fun but a facts a fact)IN 1907 you had to be 21 and over to vote. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">Political Parties ! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">1.some of the political parties in Australia are The Greens, Australian Labour Party(curreently running government), Liberal Party, Nationals Party and The Australian Democrats. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">2.The colours I used in my A.P.P logo were Green, Orange,Blue.The reasen I used green was it is one of Australia's main colors.The reason I used blue was because Australia was discovered by the English which is a major part in Australia's history.The reason I used orange was to remember the original owners of Australia. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">Australian Perspective ! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">1.Democracy is when everyone has all the same rights even if they have a different belief skin color and if they like someone of the same gender. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">2.Yes I think we do have a fair government because unlike other countries we can have a say in a choice of our leader and we have a say in new national importances like changing our National Animal or National Anthem.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">Rock Formation

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">There are 3 main different types of rocks and they are Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentery. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">Igneous rock forms underground, where the magma cools slowly or above ground it also forms above ground where the magma cools quicker than underground.