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13 Cards in this Set
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Powers and Function of the Crown |
- Royal Assent - Reserve Powers: Exercised without advice from ministers and not in the constiution - Executive Council: Responsible for making delegated legislation |
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Role of House of Representatives |
- Initiate and make laws - Determine the government - Provide responsible government - Represent the people - Publicise + Scrutinise Government administration - Control Government expenditure |
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Role of the Senate |
- Initiate and pass Bills - Act as States house - Act as house of review |
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Principals of Australian Parliamentary System |
- Representative government - Responsible Government - Seperation of Powers |
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Representative Government |
- Answerable to people - Elect members, regular members hold them accountable. - Bicameral System |
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Responsible Government |
- G to P to P (ministerial accountability) - MP have opportunity to question ministers about their actions or actions of their department - Ministers must carry out their duties with integrity or resign - Opportunity for public scrutiny - If gov loose support must resign |
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Seperation of Powers |
- Executive power (administer government and manage business of government, vested in crown) - Legislative power (make laws vested in the parliament) - Judicial power (enforce laws and settle legal disputes, invested in the courts) |
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Reasons for Separation of powers |
- Provide stability of government and the freedom of the people - Provides independence between the bodies that make law and the bodies that enforce law - Provide check on the power of parliament to ensure that it does not go outside its area of power. - System of checks and balances |
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Parliament, Government and Cabinet |
Parliament: Law making body that consists of all members of both houses + crown Government: Form by political party (or coalition) with the majority of seats in the lower house of parliament Cabinet- Policy making body made up of Prime Minister, crown and senior government ministers. |
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What is the Executive Council? |
Member consist of the Prime Minister, senior members and the crown. Roles include: advice about government, establish departments, appoint ministers to administer them and to approve delegated legislation |
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Role of Crown |
- Pre by GG - Give or withhold royal assent - Dissolve the parliament and issue writs for new election - Officially common the PM and appoint other minister after elections - Officially open and close Parliamentary sessions - Act of advice from minister through the EC to issues regulations and proclamations - Overrule or disallow a commonwealth law win a year of RA |
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Asses the extent in which the Senate achieves its role as 'House of Review' and a 'States house' |
For - Colonisation = states want to remain with power, outline in section 7 provides equally representation for each state (big states can't dictate little ones) Rep w/ interest of states at mind - In practise tho .. - Review once bills start in lower and passed to upper - election period means they will be quite knowledgable in reviewing legislation. -Scrutinise means they hold Gov accountable for their actions (Responsible Gov) - Although bills can begin in senate except money but unlikely cause Gov's role to make legislation. - HOWEVER, rubber stamp - FURTHERMORE, hostile senate - OVERALL, in practice vote according to parties means upper house largely doesn't fulfil role as states house |
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Overlap in Separation of Powers |
- Exercise by advice from PM and EC - Member of EC also MP's - Parliament delegate |
