Structure And Roles Of Parliament

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What are the levels of government?

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-Federal
-State
-Local

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What basic structure does structure does Australia have? What is its characteristic?

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Westminster.

Bicameral.

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What does bicameral mean?

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Two houses.

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Crown

What are they known as at commonwealth level?

State level?

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-the queens representative
-appointed on recommendation by the prime minister
-head of state
-gives royal assent on behalf of the queen

Governor general

Governor

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Lower House (commonwealth)

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-House of Reps
-150 representative
-each member represents a region known as an electorate (each electorate has roughly the same population)
-REPresents the interests of the majority of Australians
-3 years

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Upper House (commonwealth)

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-Senate
-All states have equal representation
-76 senators, 12 for each state, 2 per territory
-Represent the state
-states house
-house of review, reviews legislation made in the lower house
-6 years

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Crown (commonwealth)

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-queens representative
-governor general
-gives royal assent on behalf of the queen
-final approval

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Crown (Victoria)

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-governor
-queens representative
-gives royal assent

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Lower house (Victoria)

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-legislative assembly
-88 members who each represent an electorate
-Represent the majority of people
-majority of bills initiate
-house of government
-4 years

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Upper House (victoria)

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-Legislative council
-40 members
-8 regions
-represent interests of rural areas
-4 years

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Who make up Parliament?

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all the people in the senate and the house of reps

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Who is government

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the party of majority in the house of reps

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Three things involved in the question

Outline the structure of the Victorian Parliament

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task word - outline
topic - victorian parliament
limiting word - structure