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21 Cards in this Set
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Define Bicameral |
A parliament that has two houses: an upper house and a lower house |
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Define Constitutional Monarchy |
A type of government that is based on a constitution and has a king or queen as its head of state. |
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Define Executive |
Another name for the government |
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Define Federation |
The process of separate states joining together under one central government. This happened in Australia in 1901 when the six self-governing colonies (now states) joined together to create a new nation (Australia) |
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Define Judiciary |
A name given to the courts and the judges |
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Define Minister |
A member of parliament who is chosen by the Prime Minister to be responsible for a government department, for example, the Department of Health |
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Define Cabinet |
A group of select government ministers that meets regularly to decide major issues of government |
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Define Coalition |
An alliance between two political parties to improve their chances of winning the election |
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Define Electoral Roll |
A list of Australian citizens who are over 18 and eligible to vote |
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Define Hansard |
The official record of all debates in the parliament |
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Define Political Party |
A group of people who share the same political views and work together to have people elected to parliament |
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Define Whip |
A member of parliament who makes sure that other members are available for an important vote |
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Define Right-Wing |
Generally used to refer to the area of the political spectrum associated with various types of conservative thinking, as well as a belief in letting the market operate free from the government intervention |
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Define Left-Wing |
Part associated with socialism and liberal thinking beliefs which promote varying degrees of government control of welfare and industry as well as a focus on social justice and environment issues |
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Define Liberalisation |
Term given to the relaxation of government restrictions or control over the market |
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Define Ballot Paper |
A piece of paper on which a voter records their vote in an election |
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Define Electorate |
One of the 150 areas within Australia, each having approximately the same population, that elects a person to represent its people in the House of Representatives |
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Define Marginal Electorate |
An electorate where the member holds the seat by only a small number of votes |
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Define Preferences |
The order in which a voter lists other candidates in an election |
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Define Absolute Majority |
Half the number of received in an election plus one |
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Define formal vote |
A ballot paper which has been filled out correctly |
