Australian Politics
Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?
Anthony Albanese
What does the acronym “UN” stand for?
What is the United Nations
This is the only continent without a native species of reptile.
What is Antarctica?
What year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
What is 1948?
BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and...?
What is South Africa?
What is the name of the voting system used for the House of Representatives?
What is preferential voting?
What is the term for a country having full control over its own territory?
What is sovereignty?
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in this city.
Oslo
What Australian body deals with discrimination and human rights complaints?
What is the Australian Human Rights Commission?
The G7 includes which economic power in Asia?
What is Japan?
What is the term for when no party wins a majority in the House of Representatives?
What is a hung parliament?
This theory argues the international system is anarchic and power is the main currency.
What is realism?
What is the rarest blood type in humans?
What is AB negative?
This Article of the UDHR states all humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
What is Article 1?
In 2023, BRICS announced intentions to expand. Name one invited country.
What is Saudi Arabia / Iran / Egypt / Argentina / UAE / Ethiopia?
Which political party traditionally represents rural and regional voters?
What is the Nationals?
What is the name of the group of five States with permanent UN Security Council seats and what are they?
What is the P5 (US, UK, France, Russia, China)?
The mathematician who developed the concept of a "universal machine" and helped crack the Enigma code.
Who is Alan Turing?
Name one example of a limitation on freedom of speech in Australia.
What is hate speech laws / defamation / incitement to violence?
This BRICS country has proposed a BRICS currency to reduce reliance on the US dollar.
What is Russia?
Name the key difference in electoral systems between the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is preferential voting (House) vs proportional representation (Senate)?
The 2005 doctrine that justifies international intervention to prevent mass atrocities.
What is the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)?
This molecule, essential for human survival, has the formula C₂₇H₄₆O.
What is cholesterol?
This legal principle prohibits returning refugees to a country where they face persecution.
What is non-refoulement?
In what year was the BRICS group formally established with all five current members?
What is 2010? (when South Africa joined)