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GOVERNMENT


 * The first Governor-General of Australia, Lord of Hope town, proclaimed the Commonwealth of Australia ata spacial ceremony in Centennial Park, Sydney, 1st of January, 1901.
 * It was also the Governor-Generals task to commiss an interim or caretaker ministry until the Austalian people were able to elect their representatives to the newly created Commonwealth Parliment.
 * The Australia Coat Of Arms conisists of a shield with the badges of each of the six Australians States. On the left side of the shield stands a red kangaroo and on the left side there is a emu.
 * Voting in local council elections is compulsory in some States and territories but not in others. Voting is conducting by secret ballot, which mean voters' names do not appear on the voting form.