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This system divides power between different levels of government, such as the Commonwealth and the states in Australia.
This level of government controlled lockdowns and public health measures during COVID-19.
What are state governments?
This type of actor includes organisations like Amnesty International and the Red Cross that operate independently of governments.
This IGG organises COP summits and produces IPCC reports to coordinate global climate action.
What is the United Nations?
This source of legitimacy comes from free and fair elections, where citizens choose representatives to govern on their behalf.
What are democratic processes?
This federal program paid businesses to keep employees during lockdowns, costing $89 billion.
What is JobKeeper?
This type of global actor includes organisations like the United Nations and World Trade Organisation that help coordinate international cooperation.
What are institutions of global governance (IGGs)?
This non-state actor uses disruptive protest and civil disobedience to raise awareness of climate change.
What is Extinction Rebellion?
This house of the Australian Parliament provides equal representation for each state and plays a key role in reviewing legislation passed by the House of Representatives.
What is the Senate?
This organisation represented doctors and consistently pushed for stricter public health protections.
What is the Australian Medical Association (AMA)?
This political perspective involves the prioritisation of a state’s own interests over those of others, often at the expense of cooperation.
What is nationalism?
This state’s climate perspective balances economic growth and energy security with renewable expansion, often continuing coal use.
What is China?
This group includes organisations like GetUp! or trade unions that seek to influence government policy without forming government themselves.
What are interest groups?
This NSW Premier initially resisted lockdowns before eventually imposing them during the Delta outbreak.
Who is Gladys Berejiklian?
This theory argues that states act in a self-help system, prioritising survival and power in an anarchic world.
What is realism?
This 2021 action by President Joe Biden restored its global climate leadership and committed it to significant emissions reductions by 2030.
What is rejoining the Paris Agreement?
This form of power refers to the legal right to exercise power due to holding an official position, such as Prime Minister.
What is authority and office?
This 2020 High Court case upheld a state's border closures, prioritising public health over economic freedom.
What is Clive Palmer v Western Australia?
This form of power involves shaping beliefs, values, and culture globally, often through media or ideology.
In 2019, Amazon launched this initiative, committing to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040
What is the 'Climate Pledge'?