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**__ Go ____ ve ____ rn ____ me ____ nt __ __ Pr ____ oj ____ ec ____ t __** 1-When did this occur? 1st January 1901 2-What did this mean for Australias colonies? Federation meant that all of the colonies united together to form the country Australia. 3-Explain the role of the Governor General The Governor General is the Queen's representative in Australia as the Queen is in the U.K.The Queen is always in direct contact with the Governor General (Ms Quentin Bryce). 4-What is the constitution? The Australian constitution is the set of laws that Australia is governed by. It explains the workings of parliament,list curtain powers of parliament, gives us a definition of how state and federal parliament share that power, refers to the High Courts role and lots of other things. 5-Explain the meaning of federalism and bicameralism Federalism-being a political concept it means a group of members placed together by convenant with a representative head governing. Bicameralism-it is having two legislative or parliamentary houses (house of representatives/senate).
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1-Explain the three levels of government in Australia/2-Write a breif explanation on the roles and resp onsibilities of each level of government LOCAL-the local government makes decisions in your electrate. The people of Macarthur voted Russel Matherson as their reprsentative/mayor/ he will go and represent them in the house of representatives. responsibilities- public health / road maintenance garbage collection / recreation facilities eg.swimming pools building regulations STATE-State parliament is the group of people that make decisions at state level. These people meet in the house of each state.State parliament is formed by two houses with the exception of Queensland which only has one. responsibilities- justice / consumer affairs health / main roads forestry / public transport education FEDERAL-The people who make decisions at federal level are federal parliament, which consists of two houses house of representative and senate. There are 150 member of the house of representatives each member represents an eletorate. The leader is called the Prime Minister. responsibilities- trade / social security currency / foriegn affairs deffence / immigration industrial relations 3-Name the title for the leaders of each level of government FEDERAL-Prime Minister Julia Gillard STATE-Premier NSW-Barry O'Fa rrel-1st Stuart Donaldson Queensland-Campbell Newman-1st Robert Herbert South Australia-Jay Weatherill-1st B.T. Finniss Western Australia-Colin Barnett-1st John Forrest Tasmania-Larra Giddings-1st William Champ Victoria-Ted Baillieu-1st Dr William Clark Haines LOCAL-Local MP/Mayor Macarthur-Russel Matherson Wollindilly-Jai Rowell 4-How are decisions made and passed into law at state and federal level? 1st- the cabinet needs to aprove of a draft bill before introducing it to parliament 2nd-The bill is then sent to the house of representatives and this process is carried out... First reading-A reading of the title of the bill Second reading-A curtain minister depending on the bill topic reads the bill and presents argumens to support it. There is an occurance of debate until the motion is passed that the bill be read a second time. Commitee Stage-In this stage the bill is broken down investigated, debated and emmended if need be. Third reading-The bill is voted on and then sent to the senate. 3rd-Senate- A similar process is carried out when the bill is in the senate as was in the house of representatives. 4th-Governor General-When the bill has passed both houses it is then announced a law by the Governor General by her signing it.
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1-Explain the symbols on the coat of arms.Include an image of the coat of arms in your response -Emu/Kangaroo-The choice of these animals was because they are two animals that cannot walk backwards they represent Australias progression. The focal point is the sheild, in the sheild... NSW-The cross of St George with a lion and stars. Vic-An imperial crown and the southern cross. Queensland-A blue maltese cross and crown. SA-The Australian piping shrike. WA-A black swan. Tas-A red walking lion. -Star of federation/Commonwealth star six of the seven points represent the six states and territories and the seventh point represents the combined states and territories. -Wattle-The official floral emblem for Australia. FUN FACT -King Edward VII granted the original coat of arms on the 7th of May 1908.The newest version was grant0ed by King George V on 19th September 1912.
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Original coat of arms

**__ The Prime Minister __** 1-List some of the tasks of the Australian Prime Minister -Chooses the election dates. -International spokesperson for the nation. -dishes out ministerial position. -Instructing the Governor General of ministerial appointments.

1-Write a short explaination of the voting process used in Australia 1st-The date of the election is announced by the Prime Minister. 2nd-Electoral writs are issued instructing an election to be held. 3rd-roles close 7 days after the writs have been issued at 8:00pm. 4th-The candidates are then nominated and by random draw the order of the names is chosen. 5th-Ballot papers are printed. 6th-Pre-polling is conducted. 7th-Voting begins at 8:00am and ends at 6:00pm. 8th-The next part is the counting of the votes. 9th-The results of the election are announced. 10th-With the election results written on them the writs are returned.
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1-Look at these symbols for some of the political parties that exist in Australia /2-Think about what each symbol represents and why they have used the colours and symbols in their logo Greens -The greens chose the colour green because they are the greens and to help save and represent the environment. ALP -They chose blue, red and white as they are the colours on the Australian flag and they put the southern cross to represent Australia. Liberal -They also chose blue,red and white As they are the colours on the Australian flag and the southern cross and union jack to represent Australia. The Nationals -They have green and yellow to show the colours of Australia and the words for regional australia are underneath to show Australia being one region. The Democrats -Democrats means to have your say, the people vote in society and they have chosen Australia's colours green and gold.
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__** Australian Perspective **__ 1-Democracy-Explain in your own words what democracy means Democracy means the people vote, your vote counts. It means we have a say on how our country is run. 2-Do you think Australia has a fair system of government-explain your answer? Yes I think it does because Australia is a democratic country which means we have a say on what we want to change.

GROUP:Rose, Ethan, Olivia and I

http://learninginsg3.wikispaces.com/GOVERNMENT+RESOURCES http://learninginsg3.wikispaces.com/file/view/The+Constitution.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_Coat_of_Arms_%281908%29.PNG http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchAndCommonwealth/Australia/AusGovGen.aspx http://www.ministers.sa.gov.au/ministers/hon-jay-weatherill.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Australia http://australianpolitics.com/executive/prime-minister/prime-minister-roles-powers-restraints
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 * ​**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiers_of_the_Australian_states
 * I also got some information from sheets we got **