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Government:

Federation:

WHEN DID THIS OCCURED? It occured in 1901, January.

WHAT DID IT MEAN FOR AUSTRALIA'S COLONIES? It meant that the six colonies formed together to become the new Constitution of Australia. They were governed by the Federal Government.

EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL... The Governor General's role is to represent the Queen in parliment. If a bill has passed House Of Representatives [HOR] and the Senate, the Governor General signs the Bill in behalf of the Queen.

WHAT IS THE CONSTITUSION? The Australian Constitution is a set of laws which Australia is governed by. It describes how Parliment is composed, how parliment works, lists the powers of Parliment, it defines how Federal and State share power, it also refers to the role of the High Court and many more different things inside the Australian Constitution.

EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF FEDERALISM AND BICAMERALISM... -Federalism is a political concept in which a group of members are put together with a governing representative head. -Bicameralism is composed of or based on two legislative chambers of branches.

Three Tiered System

__ EXPLAIN THE THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRALIA... __ Federal - Makes sure the whole country is safe and make sure that laws are made. State - Looks after their states health, education and many more things Local - Makes sure that their local community is safe and that their road, pathways and many more.

__ WRITE A BRIEF EXPLANATION ON THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT __ Federal - Responsibilities include currency, defence, foreign affairs, asylim seekers is foreign affairs, trade, immagration, social security and industrial relations. State - Responsibilities for states and territories include justice, health, education, forestry, public transport and main roads. Local - Responsibilities include local roads, garbage collection, building regulations, land subdivision, public health and recreation facilities like swimming pools.

__​NAME THE TITLE FOR THE LEADERS OF EACH LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT?__ Federal - Australia's federal leader is Julia Gillard. Julia Gillard is the Prime Minister which is the leader of the Federal Government. State - Australia's State leader is called a Premier. NSW - Barry O'Farrel QLD - Campbell Newman VIC - Ted Ballieu SA - Jay Weatherill WA - Colin Barnett TAZ - Lara Giddings Local - The leader of the Local Parliment is called the Mayor, alderman, councillors or Shire President.

__HOW ARE DECISIONS MADE AND PASSED INTO LAW AT STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL?__ A law, or a bill is first introduced in the House Of Representatives. Then the HOR members debate on the bill. After it's been debated on, they will vote on whether the bill will be put through to the Senate or the bill is worthless and not a good idea. If most of the members agree then the bill will go to the senate through the same process. If the bill is approved it is now called "Act Of Parliment". Then the Govener General signs the "Act of Parliment" on behalf of the Queen. Once the Govener General signs the Act it is now a law.

__ Coat of Arms __

__​EXPLAIN THE SYMBOLS ON THE AUSTRALIAN COAT OF ARMS...__ The Coat of Arms consists of... - A shield with the badges of the six Austalian States. - On the side stands a red kangaroo and on the right side is an emu.The red kangaroo and the emu are both Aussie icons. Beneath the sheild is a scroll with "Australia" written on it. - Wattle is across the background.

__ The Prime Minister __ __ LIST SOME OF THE TASKS OF THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER... __ - Selecting other members and senators from the same party to be ministers. - Deciding with the ministers in cabniet what new laws showed be introduced into parliment. - Leading the government as cheif government spokesman person in the House of Representatives. - Representing the Australian government overseas. - Deciding when to call an election and leading her party in the election. And much, much more.

__ Voting and Elections __ __ WRITE A SHORT EXPLANTION OF THE VOTING PROCESS USED IN AUSTRALIA... __ There are three important duties that a group of people will volunteer for. The three polling duties are the polling officials, party workers and scrutineers. To start the polling process, a polling official asks each voter... - What is your full name? - What is your address - Have you voted before in this election? The official then checks the voters enrolment on the roll, and marks off the voters name. The official marks their initials on the ballot paper. Oneballet paper is green - for the House of Representatives and a white one - for the Senate. Then hands them to the voter who takes them the ballot papers to a voting screen to vote privatly. After the voter has marked the ballot paper, [1 for who they want the most and 5 for who they want the least]. 1-5, they then take the ballot paper to the sealed ballot box, folds the ballot paper and slips it in the ballot box.

__Political Parties__

__THINK ABOUT THE WHAT EACH SYMBOL REPRESENTENTS AND THE COLOURS THEY HAVE USED ON THEIR LOGO...__ ALP - Australian Labour Party. They chosse the colours and the stars so it looks like the Australian Flag. LIBERAL - They have "Liberal" written underneath the mini Australian Flag. The main colours are blue, red and white to represent the Australian colours. THE NATIONAL - They have green and gold colours because they are Aussie colours. "The Nationals" stands for 'the nation Australia'. THE GREENS - They have green colours for The Greens. It is green to say 'keep Australia a cleaner and greener place. AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS - They choose 'Democrats' because democacy means 'people's choice'.

__ Australian Perspective __ __ WHAT DOES DEMOCRACY MEAN? __ Democracy means people's choice. It's when other people get to vote or get to have their say on a particular topic. __ DO YOU THINK AUSTRALIA HAS A FAIR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT? __ I think Australia does have a fair Government system because everyone gets to vote and have their say on a sertain topic. The laws we have now are great because their making our country a safer place to live.