Lower House
What colour is the lower house room?
Green
What colour is the upper house room?
Red
Who is the current PM?
Anthony Albanese
What are the 3 types of government in Australia?
Local - council, State, Federal
What is a monarchy?
What is the proper name for the lower house?
House of representatives
What is the proper name for the upper house?
Senate
Who was the previous PM?
Scott Morrison
What is the leader of the local council called?
Mayor
What is a direct democracy?
A system of government where the people vote on laws
How many members or seats are in the lower house of parliament?
151
How many members or seats in the upper house / senate?
76
What does the Primer Minister do?
Chooses ministers for different roles to look after parts of Australia (e.g. Defence, education, power)
Creates budget to allocate what the government will spend the tax money on
What is the leader of the state government called?
Premier
What is a representative democracy?
A democracy where people vote for representatives who vote on laws for them
What does the lower house / house of representatives actually do?
They propose legislation (laws), they vote on the budget - proposed by the PM
What does the upper house / senate actually do?
They ratify / confirm the laws voted in by the house of representatives
Executive
What are the three branches of government called?
Executive, Judicial, Legislative
What is a dictatorship
a system of government in which 1 person has complete control and has usually come into power using force or fraud
How are lower house members elected?
They are voted in by an electorate - they are voted to represent their electorate
How are senators elected?
They are voted in by their states / territory
How is the PM elected / get the job?
The political party who wins the most seats has their leader become PM
(E.g. Anthony Albanese was leader of Labor when they won the previous election therefore he became Prime Minister)
Why are 3 different levels of government - local, state, federal? - why not just 1?
Because different levels of government solve different problems - local councils can help solve local problems that will be different in separate parts of the country. Federal government can help solve bigger problems and has more resources to fund them
Who is the governor-general and why is he important in Australian government?
The representative of the King - can dissolve parliament and 'fire' the PM by making everyone in parliament have to become re-elected - has only happened once - when the PM Gough Whitlam could not pass his budget