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Bicameral system |
governmental system dividing the legislative function between two chambers, an "upper," (such as the Senate) and a "lower," (such as the House of Representatives) |
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Head of state |
According to the Constitution the current Australian monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II) is head of state but only has two actions to perform. it to appoint or dismiss our Governor General upon the advice of the Federal Parliament.All other duties of the head of state, such as appointing ministers and heading the defence force, are carried out by the person duly appointed as Governor General. |
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Seperation of powers |
the vesting of the legislative, executive, and judiciary powers of government in separate bodies. |
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Constitutional monarchy |
A constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of parliament, law or custom |
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Voting |
Proportional representation, preferential, first past the post |
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Legislature, executive, judiciary |
The legislature makes the laws; the executive put the laws into operation; and the judiciary interprets the laws. |
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Bill passed |
Introduced in the HOR and requires three readings in order to discuss the bill. A vote is then taken and if decided to pass the bill, it is transferred to the senate, which goes through the same process. If the bill is passed it returns to the HOR with or without amendments, to then be approved by the governor general. If the two houses come into disagreement, the bill can be laid aside or adjusted. |
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Arbitration |
The process by which the parties to a dispute submit their differences to the judgment of an impartial person or group |
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Democracy |
a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. |
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Representative democracy |
a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy. |
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Citizenship |
Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a member of a sovereign state. |
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Similar |
Democracy, based on westminster system, bicameral, seperation of powers, directly elected lower house and upper house elected through proportional representation |
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Different |
Upper house is directly elected by legislatures of indias states and territories, lower house directly elected from single member constituencies using first past the post system, president is head of state and appoints the prime minister, certain constituencies where only candidates from selected castes and tribes allowed to stand |
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Intro |
Through history of correlative British rule over both nations, India and Australia feature a similar government structure. Though after the claiming of India's independance, the two nations have evolved to adopt differing factors in government. |
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Political ideology |
A certain ethical set of ideas, principles or doctrines that explains how a society should work and offers some political blueprint for a certain social order |