Governance

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What is Governance

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A method or system of Government

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What is Unicameral

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a system of governance where there is only one legislature, assembly, or parliament

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Separation of powers doctrine

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requires that all three arms be separated to ensure that no individual person or body has complete control; the distinct roles of the executive, the judiciary, and the legislature are strictly maintained

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Double Majority

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A majority of voters in a majority of states across the whole country voting ‘yes’ to a Referendum

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Terra Nullius

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A Latin expression meaning ‘land belonging to no one ‘, which is used in international law to describe territory that has never been subject to the sovereignty of any state

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Colonisation

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the establishment of colonies; settlement

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Received Law

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Reception of English law into the penal colony of New South Wales

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Australian Constitution

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A basic set of rules by which a state or country is governed; Australia Constitution is set out in commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

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Parliamentary Democracy

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A political system based on the idea that parliament is supreme or sovereign

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Representative Government

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A basis for government where the citizens elect representatives to serve in parliament to make decisions on their behalf

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Royal Assent

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A signing of a bill by the Governor-General, which is the last step in making the bill an Act of parliament or law

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Absolute Majority

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the government has more than half of all members elected to the parliament

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Minority Government

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A government formed by a party or coalition of parties or independents that do not have a majority in the lower house of parliament on their own

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Appellate Court

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The court that can hear an appeal from another court: when the supreme court sits as the courts of appeal; or the high court as the final court of appeal

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Legislation

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law or a body of laws formally made by parliament

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Legally Binding

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A court or tribunal decision that is binding on the parties; agreement or contract that has the force of the law

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Precedents

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Rules of principles established in previous legal cases are either persuasive to or binding on a court when it is deciding subsequent with familiar facts or issues

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Case Law

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The principles of the law arising from judicial decisions are distinguished from statute law; Also termed common law

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Ultra Vires

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Latin term meaning ‘beyond power’, acting outside the scope of the granted power

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Privy Council

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The principle council advising the sovereign(Queen); the court of final appeal for the UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies and Commonwealth countries that have retained their appeal to the Queen in council

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Balance of Power

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When another political party or independent members support a minority government, these other members hold the balance of power in the parliament

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The president of the Senate

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The equivalent of the speaker in the house of representatives; the presiding officer responsible for bureaucratic procedures of the senate

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Member of Legislative Assembly(MP)

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A representative elected to represent an electorate in the Queensland parliament

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Double Dissolution

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A simultaneous termination of the house of reps and the senate by the Governor-General; and a calling of a new election of both houses

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Executive and Executive Government

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The prime minister and ministers who manage and lead government departments and are responsible for putting into action government policy and the laws made by the parliament

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Legislature

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Parliaments or assemblies such as legislature Assembly in Queensland with power to make, change and amend laws

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Responsible Government

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The Government is answerable to elected representatives of the people for its actions, especially a system where the ministry is drawn from within parliament from members of the political party or parties with the support of a majority of the lower house(HOR), and must maintain the confidence of the majority of that house

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Question Time

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A daily period of time in each house of the parliament in which ministers are asked questions without notice by other members concerning their responsibilities

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Committee System

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Committees comprising members of parliament that scrutinise government activities, including legislation, and inquire into specified matters

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Electoral Roll

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List of people who are registered and eligible to vote at federal, state, territory, and local government elections and referenda

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Native Title

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A form of land title that recognises the unique ties Aboriginal and Tores Strait Islander people have to the land

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Commission of Inquiry

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The highest form of inquiry on matters of public importance

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Fair

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Treating people equally without favoritism or discrimination

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Legally Binding

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A court or tribunal decision that is binding on the parties; agreement or contract that has the force of law

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Case Law

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The principles of law arising from judicial decisions as distinguishing from statute law; also termed common law

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Precedents

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Rules or principles established in previous legal cases that are either persuasive to or binding on a court when it is deciding subsequent cases with similar facts or issues