Government of Australia



Today:Australia’s formal name is Commonwealth of Australia, and type of government used is called Constitutional Monarchy. The powers and procedures are written on a constitution and it’s a monarchy because Queen Elizabeth II is the head state. Background:Although Australia has six different states it is joined together in the Commonwealth of Australia and they each retain a certain amount of power to make their own laws that are over seen. When there needs to be a law over all the states is when section 51 of the Constitution is put in order. Section 51:There are three arms of the Australian Government. The Legislature (or Parliament) does the debating and voting of new laws that are introduced under the power of Section 51. Executive is responsible for the enacting and upholding of the laws that are placed by the legislature. There are special people called ministers that are in both the legislature and executive committee. Lastly, is the Judiciary arm and is the legal arm. They are an independent arm from the other two in which they enforcing the laws that the Legislature and Executive arms agreed on. The Judiciary makes sure the both of them are doing what needs to be done.How it all works:Australia is not yet a republic and the Head of State is the Currently Queen Elizabeth II of England. She appoints a representative to the Commonwealth and to each if the states on the advice of the Federal and State governments. (Aussie Farmstay and Bush Adventures. August 12th 2013). There are two house of parliament, the House of Representatives and the Senate. House of Representatives are elected in office for three year terms. The Senate has 76 members which consist of 12 from each of the six states and two from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The Australian parliament was based on the Westminster System from England, it has many similarities and differences with the system. For example, the Senate is voted by the populace rather than in Britain where members are appointed by hereditary right. Federal elections are held least every three years. Voting in the election is very important, once an Australian citizen turns 18 or over they must vote or they will be fined. ................
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