aus system of gov Flashcards
WHAT ARE AUSTRALIA’S POLITCAL AND LEGAL SYSTEM
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
FEDERATION
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
WHAT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
they have the head of state who is an inherited position with powers that are limited by a constitution or constitutional convention
In Australia they are limited in power by the Constitution and have formal and customary roles.
WHO IS AUSTRALIA’S MONARCHY
The monarch of Australia is King Charles III.
What is the governor general
Australia’s head of state is the king (monarch) who is represented in Australia by the governor general to exercise the executive powers formally vested in the commonwealth
What is Australia’s representative democracy
is a legal and political system in which the people delegate their sovereignty to elected representatives to make decisions on behalf based on their beliefs and values
The people delegate their sovereignty through elections in Australia to select members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. These are the two houses in Australia that are part of the legislative and the use of two houses is known as bicameralism
House Of Reps
People vote for members to represent their electorate and serve for a maximum of three years per term.
There are 151 members of the House of Representatives.
The party or coalition of parties with a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives forms government.
The leader of the party or coalition of parties is the prime minister
Senate
People vote for members to represent their state/territory and serve for a six-year term. Each state has 12 representatives, and each territory has 2 representatives. It is made up of 76 members.
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LEGILSATIVE
The House of Representatives drafts newslaws make amendments to exiting laws and pass them to the Senate. The Senate reviews bills made by the House of Representatives and makes it into law that will be passed to the governor-general. The governor general is part of the executive and always assents law passed by parliament.
What makes up the executive in Australia
The executive in Australia is made up of the monarch, the governor-general, the prime minister, the cabinet, and government departments.
They put the laws made by the legislature into effect
What is the role of the judiciary in Australia
The primary role of the judiciary is to make legally binding decisions to resolve disputes about the law. The decisions of the judiciary are the law”.
What is the legal system in Australia
It is common law is judge-made law created in cases which give the need and rise for new precedents which can be used by other judges in the future
Uses the adversarial system in which justice is best achieved through a battle words of between two adversaries
What is federalisim
Australia uses federalism which is a “system of government in which sovereignty is geographically divided between one central government and two or more regional government
