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Politics Flashcards

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Government

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Political system that enforces certain values

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What is politics

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Activity of making shared public decisions.

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Political ideology

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Set of ethical ideals, principles that guides an individual andor group

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Economic beliefs

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Right wing and left wing

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5
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Right wing

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Value tradition
Economic freedom
All look after themselves

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Left wings

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Support those who cant support themselves
Equality
Tax

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Political ideology ideas

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Economic and social

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Social beleifs

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How we conduct out private lives and how we interact with EACHOTHER

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Examples of social beliefs

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Marriage
Religion
Media
Types of orginisations

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Political spectrum

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Authoritarians
Liberals
Left wing
Right wing

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Authoritarians

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Favour high government control in social areas

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Liberals

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Believe in high levels of freedom in personal areas

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13
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Political party

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Organised groups of people who share a similar political ideology

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Example of political party

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Australian Labour Party

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Ideology of Labour Party

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Fair and accurate education
Affordable health care
Everyone should be able to work

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Liberal party education

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Encourage better. Teachers

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Liberal health

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Improve performance of hospitals

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Liberal jobs

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Generate more jobs

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Political system

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How power is exercised within a state

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20
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5 political systems

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Communist 
Democracy 
Monarchy 
Fascism 
Theocracy
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21
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Australia’s political system

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Constitutional monarchy

Representative democracy

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Constitution monarchy

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King or queen is head of state but acts according to constitution

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Representative democracy

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People vote for delegates to represent their interest

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Federalism

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One national government and many state governments

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Constitution

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Set of rules by which Australia is governed and the blueprint for the composition of the Australian parliament

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5 main parts of the constitution

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General
Senate
House of rep
Both Houses of Parliament 
Powers of parliament
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The mornach is represented by the

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Governed general

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Governed general

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Australian citizen,chosen by parliament to exercise he Monarchs power

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Who is gg?

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Peter Cosgrove

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Role of gg

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Give royal assent
Attending Anzac Day ceremonies
Knighting
Commander in chief of defence force

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Governed general has many ____\ roles and ___\ roles

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Civic and ceremonial

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Lower house

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House of rep

33
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Upper house

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Senate

34
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Senate

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States house
Reviewing bus
Debate on current issues

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House of rep

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Represent the people

Local issues

36
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Where is government formed?

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House of Representatives

37
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How to win election

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Winning most seats in parliament

38
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Statute law

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Made in parliament

39
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Steps of statute law

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Formation of bill
First  reading 
Second reading 
Committee stage
Third reading 
Senate (repeat) 
Vote 
Royal assent 
Becomes act
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Second reading

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Debates bill

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Committee stage

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Controversial issues are debated

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Third reading

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Vote for bill

43
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Royal assent

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Governed general gives assent then becomes a law

44
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Common law

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Judge made law based on precedent

45
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Precedent

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Made when court decides matter for the first time

46
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Types of power

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Physical power
Economic power
Legal power
Power over opinions

47
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Parliamentary democracy

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A form of government in which the party with the most seats in parliament’s leader becomes the prime minister

48
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How governmenment forms in Australia

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Government is formed by the party with the majority of support by the members in the house of reps

49
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Communism

What power does the leader have

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Very powerful and control the media and information

50
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Communism

Where did they get their power from

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Get they’re power from votes by certain people

51
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Communism

Who’s interest are these powers exercised

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Interest of the political party

52
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To whom are the power holders accountable to

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The rest of their party / political group

53
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How can the power holders be removed from power

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The power holders cannot be removed from power by the citizens of the country

54
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Advantages of communism

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People are treated equally
Everyone can have a job
Economically stable

55
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Disadvantages of communism

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Personal freedom lost
Workers treated as machines
State holds all power

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