L6:The commonwealth parliament

Question 1

Bicameral

Answer 1

(of a parliament) having two chambers or houses

Question 2

Government

Answer 2

party or coalition with the majority of seats in the lower house of parliament

Question 3

Political party

Answer 3

organizations of people holding a shared set of values and ideas with the aim of getting their members elected to parliament

Question 3

coalition

Answer 3

an agreement made between two or more parties to join numbers in a chamber of parliament in order to secure the majority needed to pass legislation

Question 3

Bills

Answer 3

proposed law introduced in either house of parliament but not yet enacted as legislation

Question 4

Senate

Answer 4

-Upper house
-76 senators
-6 year terms
-12 senators for each state and 2 for each territory
-Review bills passed by the HOR
-Representing views and priorities of the states + territories.
-introduce bills

Question 5

Govenor General

Answer 5

-Represents the Crown
-Administer legislation through providing royal assent
-reviews bills for error and suggests amendments to bills

Question 5

House Of Representatives

Answer 5

-Lower house
-3 year terms
-forms government with the party with the most seats
-represent values of the people that elected them
-Review, scrutinize and debate any bills from the senate