Gettin' elected
This is the minimum age required to vote in an Australian federal election.
What is 18?
This year the Australian Constitution came into effect.
What is 1901?
This is the name for Australia’s two-chamber parliament.
What is bicameral?
🎶 “I come from a land down under...”
“Where women glow and men plunder”?
This economic indicator measures the general increase in prices over time.
What is inflation?
This voting system is used in the House of Representatives.
What is preferential voting?
Section 51 lists the powers of this level of government.
What is the federal government (or Commonwealth)?
This is the upper house of the federal Parliament.
What is the Senate?
🎶 “I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady...”
“All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating”?
the percentage of people actively seeking but unable to find work
What is the unemployment rate?
This independent body runs federal elections in Australia.
What is the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)?
This is the only way to change the Constitution.
What is a referendum?
The number of seats in the Lower House this electoral cycle.
What is 150?
🎶 “Sweet Caroline...”
“Good times never seemed so good”?
The Gini coefficient measures this economic issue.
What is income inequality?
This term describes when all citizens are legally required to vote.
What is compulsory voting?
For a referendum to pass, it needs this kind of majority.
What is a double majority?
This is the maximum number of years a term in the House of Representatives can last.
What is 3 years?
🎶 “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?...”
“Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality”?
A high Gini coefficient means this about a country's income distribution.
What is that it is more unequal?
This type of vote is used in the Senate elections.
What is proportional representation?
This is a key idea set out in the Constitution's establishment of the executive, judiciary, and legislature.
What is the separation of power?
The title of the person who leads the government in the House of Representatives.
What is the Prime Minister?
🎶 “Say my name, say my name”
"If no one is around you, say baby I love you"
This is one major reason income inequality exists in Australia.
What is unequal access to education, gender pay gap, capitalist system, skills, or employment opportunities?