syllabus point 2

Question 1

australian system of government

Answer 1

representative democracy with a constitutional monarchy organised as a federation with a responsible parliamentary government

Question 2

constituional monarchy

Answer 2

a form of government in which the head of state is an inherited position with powers limited by a written constitution or by unwritten constitutional conventions

Question 3

responsible parliamentary government

Answer 3

formation of the executive within the parliament and its constant accountability to the parliament

Question 4

federalism

Answer 4

system of government in which sovereignty is geographically divided between one central and two or more regional governments each sovereign within their own sphere.

Question 5

exclusive + example

Answer 5

power granted by constitution to commonwealth parliament alone. section 52

defense
money

Question 6

concurrent + example

Answer 6

power granted by constitution to commonwealth and state parliaments
shared powers
section 109 invalidates state laws that conflict with commonwealth laws to the extent of the inconsistency