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Role+ structure of the House of Representatives |
- lower house of bicameral system in federal parliament, 150 seats in the house of reps - forms government -make laws - control national spending |
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Role+ structure of senate |
Upper house of bicameral system in federal parliament, 76 seats - role to act as a 'states house' by representing the states and giving them a voice - scrutinize bills made by the government - act as a 'house of review' |
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Structure +role of legislative Assembly |
Lower house in the Victorian parliament, holds 88 seats - role to control budget - make law - form government |
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Structure+ role of legislative council |
Upper house in Victorian parliament, holds 40 seats - role to act as a 'house of review' - scrutinize bills - make law |
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How government is formed |
When a political party wins majority of seats in the lower house. At state level it's atleast ??? At federal level it's 76???? |
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Role of the crown |
To grant 'royal assent', represented by the governor/ governor general who gives royal assent by signing bills to become laws |
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Concept of responsible government |
Ensures that members of parliament are answerable and accountable for their actions, they have to explain the actions to the houses and therefore the people, and must accept the consequences of their actions if misconduct occurs, if misconduct is a high level they should resign |
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Responsible govement |
S7 and 25 provides that members of parliament must be directly elected by the people, which ensures we choose people that best reflect out values, and if they don't meet our standards, we can remove parties who no longer represent us, with regular elections |
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How the structure of parliament provides for representative government |
Because we have a bicameral system, we have 2 houses that represent different points Idividuals house to representation our beliefs Senate's represents the state's Parties can vote for different parties at each house |
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Concept of separation of powers |
- divides power between different branches to make sure that no institution has absolute power, preventing corruption - legislative function has the has the power to make make laws, performed by parliament - executive function has power to put laws into action, performed by prime minister, cabinet and governor general Judicial function has the power to apply law to cases performed by judges |
