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GOVERNMENT
__1.Federation__ *It occured in January the 1st 1901. *It meant to the colonies that they were one nation. *The Governer General gets messages from the Queen and can sack the Prime Minister *The principles or laws by which a country is governed. *When the Australian Constitution was drafted in the 1890s, two principles were accepted as immutable.- 2. Three Tiered System The three levels of Goverment are Federal, State and Local. 1. Federal: The Federal Government runs the whole country. 2. State: Each State in Australia is run by its own Government. 3. Local: Local Government is made up smaller groups of Government, within each state. * Federal = Prime Minister. * State = Premier. * Local = Mayor. --- A Proposal for a new law is called a bill. A bill is debated in Parliament. If it is passed by the majority in both Houses of Parliment it becomes an act. It then goes to the senate, if it is approved, then it goes to the Governor General. If the G.G signs the bill, it is an Act of Parliament from that moment on.--- The Australian Coat of Arms.

- The Prime Minister# The role of the PM is to chair the cabinet, appoint minister.# The PM has the main responsibility to project the vision his/hers Government has for the nation.# To visit other nations.# To advise the Governor General.# They decide what new laws should be in Parlament.--- __ Voting And Elections __ - First you need to be 18 years of age.- Voting is compulsory, which means you have to do it.- It is a secret ballot and ranks among the fairest in the world.- You must be an Australian Citizen. __ The voting process __ - You go to the voting booth.-Have your name marked off the roll.-You are then given the voting papers.-You fill in the voting form.- Then you put your voting sheet into the big box.- The votes are then taken away and counted.-When the votes have been counted, the party with the most votes wins.--- Political Parties.1. The ALP: The Australian Labor Party. : The southern Cross, red, white and blue.( Which is all off the Australian Flag ). : For the workers of Australia.2. Liberal: Liberal Party of Australia. : The Australian Flag to represent our country. : For the business owners.3. The Nationals: For country Australia. : Green and yellow. : They represent the farmers.4.The Greens: They are for the environment. :Green and white.5. The Democrates: They are independant. :Green and Yellow for Australia.--- I designed my own Australian people's party logo it has the Union Jack, red, white and blue from the Australian flag. Green and gold for Australia.- This was fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!Lets do it again!!!!!!!!!!!!
 * The wattle represents Australia.
 * The badges or flags represents each state of Australia. There are six states and two territories.
 * The Emu and Kangaroo are Australian animals. They are the only animals that can't walk backwards.

YEAR 6 ANZAC WORK I was just a donkey eating some grass when a solider came up to me and said This is not a good place for you to eat. So I went close to Simpson, he said that he will call me Murphy. while we were walking back up the hill Simpson saw a man who was injured, Simpson picked the man up and put him on my back and we walked back to frist aid.

One day while we were picking up a man who had been injured. Simpson went to pick up the man but Simpson got shot in the back and pierced his heart. By the time they