Chapter 2 Australia's System of Government AVA

Question 1

Liberal democracy

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a form of government in which a country’s sovereignty is vested in it’s citizens

Question 2

direct democracy

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the direct political participation of all citizens in government

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representative democracy

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a form of self governing where citizens elect others to represent them in government and law making

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elections in a liberal representative democracy

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must be free of intimidation , fair in how they translate votes into seats into seats in parliament and enable widest number of citizens to participate

Question 5

structure of the commonwealth parliament

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the crown - the monarch , the house of representatives , the senate

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bicameralism

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a feature of most Australian parliaments where they have 2 houses of parliament

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the house of representatives

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the people’s house

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senate

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the state’s house

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constitutionalism

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an idea that power should be limited . powers that limit the power of government are called constiutions

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constitutional rules

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largely unwritten conventions , the processes limiting the power of kings and queens

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conventions which put the monarchy under the rule of law

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royal power only exercised on the advice of ministers , monarch always assents laws to be passed by the parliament

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does the rule of law apply to the royal power

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royal power is limited and governed by the law . the rule of law applies to the monarch and the powers of the monarch are subject to Australian constitutional law

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responsible parliamentary government

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executive is directly drawn from and accountable to the parliament

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role of parliamentarians

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to legislate , to create laws to debate matters of public importance and represent the people

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what does this do ?

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allows the parliament to hold individual government individuals accountable

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parliamentary government

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refers to the location and formation of the executive arm of government . parliamentary government means members of the government must also be members of the parliament

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cabinet

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a committee of the executive composed of ministers led by the prime minister which is drawn from and responsible to the parliament

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what is the cabinet governed by

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governed by unwritten westminister conventions of responsible government

Question 19

constitutional executive

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includes the constitutional monarch and the governor general

Question 20

federalism

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federalism is the division of a nation’s sovereignty between one national. and 2 or more regional governments

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main institutions of australian federalism

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commonwealth governments at the national levels and state governments at the regional levels

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each level has it own separation of powers

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nationally -