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| The process of by which the six seperate British Self Governing colonies of QL, NSW, SA, WA agreed to unite and form the commonwealth the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia. |
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| It is a form government in which the people rule, either directly or through elected representatives. Example is United Stated of America. |
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| The governing body pf persons in a state, community. They exercise power in order to control and administer public policy to ensure safety. Examples, Australian government. |
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- Believe in equality among all people
- Should be no private ownership of property or wealth.
- All decisions about the provision of goods and services are made by the government.
- Wealth is distributed based on need, not wealth.
- Hard to get all people to agree on how resources should be shared |
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- based on the private ownership the means of production
- all aspects of wealth are decided by market forces
(production, supply, and demand etc.)
- income distributed through profits, rents, and wages
- Government role in economy is minimal |
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| Areas of responsibility for local government? |
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Issues that local government deals with
- local roads
- garbage collection
- building regulations
- land subdivision
- Sporting and recreational facilities
- library services
- street signage and domestic animal regulations |
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| Areas of responsibility for state government? |
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State governments responsibilities include
- Justice
- Consumer affairs
- Health
- Primary and Secondary Education
- Forestry
- Public transportation
- Emergency services
- Major roads |
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| Areas of responsibility for the federal government? |
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Federal government is responsible for many areas
- Foreign affairs
- social security
- industrial relations
- trade
- immigration
- currency
- defence
- health and education (universities/colleges/aid to schools) |
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| What is local government? |
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| Usually known as councils, represent people who live directly within cities or shire. |
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| What is state governemnt? |
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| Australia has six state governments and two territory governments. Each state is represented by a parliament, consists of two houses. Lower house is the Legislative Assembly or House of Assembly. Upper house is called Legislative council. QL, NT and ACT exceptions with only a lower house. Leader of state is Premier or terriories CHieft Minister. |
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| What is federal government? |
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| Represented with two houses, lower house being the House of Representatives, consists of elected members, and the upper house being the Senate, consists of elected Senators. The leader of federal government is the Prime Minister. |
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| What are the governer general and the queen? |
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| Head of state is the queen (Elizabeth), recognised as head of state. She cannot be present at all sessions, she appoints a governor general on her behalf; her duties include the signing of bills passed to law by federal government, apoointing of judge and minsters, dissollving and opening the parliament and acting as Commander in chief of the armed forces. |
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| The senate second of two houses of federal parliament, each state has an equal voice within chamber, with each state represented by 12 senators, each territory 2 senators, 76 senators elected. Red in colour, house of reps has double seats, period of 6 years elected, territories 3 years, can stand for re-election |
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- debate legislation
- review and check the government
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| What is the House of representatives? |
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| One of two houses, Australia is divided into 150 electorates, each containing between 85,000 and 100,000 people, each electorate directly elects a member to sit in the house to represent their needs and wants. This is where the federal government is formed by the party or parties, that majority of members elected, will become government and its leader will be prime minister. Green Colour. Serve for 3 years |
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| What is a minority government? |
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| it is when a political party or a coalition of parties does not have a majority of seats in parliament, may need to join with other parties or independents. |
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| Role of the house of representatives? |
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- Propose laws
- discussion of important national issues
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