VU21479 Research features of Australia Government
Yanfei Han GEC000002K
Task 1
1. Constitution of Australia
2. Control the government of Australia
3. Legislative Power Executive Power Judicial Power
4. Legislative Power
5. Judicial Power
6. Commonwealth, state or territory, and local
7. The commonwealth can make financial grants to a state or territory and specify how the money is to be spent
8. Public hospitals, nursing services for health. Funding primary and secondary school for education. Build some railways and buses, roads.
9. Meals-on-wheels, garbage collection in health area. Children care for education. Build footpaths, street signs.
10. Peter Cosgrove
11. Malcolm Turnbull
12. Daniel Andrews
13. Robert Doyle
Task 2
1. the Greens party
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1911
14. 1925
15. 1962
16. Health Australia Party Seniors United Party Socialist Equality Party Pirate Party Australia Labour Party Socialist Equality Party Pirate Party
17. Senate Ballot Paper
18. Above the line, Below the line
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20. Australian Labour party
21. Australian Labour party
22.
Australian citizens over 18 years old and have lived at your address which is your principal place of residence for at least 1 month.
Special enrolment
Special category enrolment forms are available forms are available if you:
Are temporarily overseas.
Cannot attend a polling place on elation day.
Believe that having your address shown on a publicly available roll may endanger your or that of your family have no fixed address.
Are in prison.
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Advantages:
When a good leader is chosen, he will work for us and enable us to work for each other.
If only a few people choose the leader it becomes a “puppet Master system”.
Disadvantages:
It is undemocratic to force people to vote.
The ill-informed and those little interests in politics are forced to the polls.
It may increase the number of “Donkey votes”.
It may increase the number of informal
Australia is a two tiered system including a private and public sector. Medicare is a universal health insurance scheme under the public system. It was introduced on the 1st of February 1984 by the Australian Labor party the principal is for all Australian to have equal access to health. There are three levels of government these include Local, State or territory and Federal, all three have different roles to perform in terms of health care. The local government is responsible for towns and districts, moreover, local councils or shires function is to operate systems and projects such as sewage, garbage disposals and maintenance of the safety food standard. Both state and federal direct different parts of Medicare. State government manages public hospital within their territory or state, the state government receives 40%-50% of the total cost of expenditures for the public hospital from the Federal government. Lastly, Federal role includes payments to primary health services there include GPs, the majority of nurses, medical specialists and allied health professionals. In 1996 Budget guaranteed the renewal of private health insurance.
The Australian Constitution is a rich amalgam of various classical political principles. The concepts of the Rule of Law and the doctrine of the Separation of Powers evident in Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Laws are both salient examples of political theses that are central to Australian Constitutional Law. The structure of the Constitution itself and decisions of the High Court of Australia unequivocally validate the entrenchment of the doctrine separation of powers in the Commonwealth Constitution . In particular, the High Court has applied this with relative rigour with respect to the separation of judicial power. The separation of the judicial power is fundamentally critical to upholding the rule of law. The High Court in Wilson v Minister for Aboriginal Affairs noted that “the separation of the judicial function…advances two constitutional objectives: the guarantee of liberty and, to that end, the independence of Chapter III judges” . Kitto J in R v Davidson also identified that the judiciary should be subject to no other authority but the law itself . This is a critical aspect ensuring the concept of legal equality is upheld. Therefore, its role clearly extends to providing checks and balances on the exercise of power by the legislative and executive arms of government . This ensures the liberty of the law and limits the abuse of the judicial system. Judicial Power is defined as “the power which every sovereign must of necessity have to decide between its subjects
Throughout this essay, a comparison of both Australia’s constitutional democracy and the federal republic system in the United States will take place. Australia and the United States are both a part of the federal system. Within the federal system, the national and state governments divide the power in order to govern (Parliamentary Education Office, 2016). Both Australia and the United States have two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Parliament Education office, (2016) states that there are numerous similarities between these two countries, for example, both these nations decide on the making of legal guidelines for their government. However, Australia and the United States have different forms of government and this affects how the political system is managed. Australia is a constitutional monarchy, in which the queen is the head of the state (ABC, 2004), and the United States is the federal republic where the President is the head of state (Parliamentary Education Office, 2016). A constitution is a formal structure for the state and specifies the power and institutions of the central government and its relationship with different levels. Additionally, it expresses the rights of citizens and creates limits on the government (Hague & Harrop, 2013). In a republic government, the people and their elected representative have the power and there may be an elected or nominated president (Stevenson, 2010). A constitutional democracy and the federal republic
Australia’s Governor General is Sir Peter Cosgrove. Peter started his job on the 28th of March, 2014.
I am here by writing this essay to explain, how these organizations in the United States such as the MADD, LULAC, and NAACP can educate and help our fellow citizens of America change laws that might well need to be changed. As well as explaining the common interest these groups are concerned with.
Democracy is produced in the Australian political system to created a fair society, however it is ironically produced by non-democratic and democratic instruments. The extent to which the Australian political system produces a democratic and fair society is dependent upon instruments such as the Constitution, Bicameral parliament, Separation of powers, Representative government, Responsible government and the ethic and values during a particular time.
Section 128 prescribes that changes can only be implemented by referendum. To hold a referendum a Bill needs to be passed through the Commonwealth Parliament to authorize it. Once authorized, a majority of votes, as well as a majority of States is required. This dual criterion has proven difficult to achieve, with only eight referendums being successful since Federation. (Brown et.al 2000, p.p. 68-69 and Chisholm et.al 1997, p.64)
A great man once said, “success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts,” Winston Churchill. Great leaders have existed since the begin of time. A leader is someone who takes charge and looks for the better of everyone.
Australian and American politics are both polarised by clashing philosophies between two major parties dominating the system, however, the United States is faced with a greater political dichotomy stunting the growth of legislation on social and economic issues. In Australian politics, these parties are the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal National Party and in the United States the Democratic Party and the Republican Party clash. These parties lie on opposite ends of the traditional political spectrum. The ALP and the Democratic Party both lie on the left, liberal end and the LNP and the Republican Party and the right, conservative end. While other parties exist in these states, the two most mainstream parties control legislation
Is it the bush, kangaroos and the red sand? Or is the scorching sun, beach and sunscreen? These images are often used to describe Australia but what about the Australian identity? Throughout the various stages of Australian history, Australians have attempted to grab onto an identity that makes them unique and able to bond with another fellow Australian. This has not always been easy, given the diversity that has grown over the centuries and the definition of the true Australian identity has changed over time. The typical Australian is known to be “fair, laid back, democratic and having a dry and anti-authoritarian sense of humour. These descriptions are often identified with Australians who are born in this country, however there is more
The Australian Identity, it’s to believe we have the freedom of rights, speech and the independency of a nation since 1901 when legalisation from Great Britain confirmed that the six Australian colonies were allow to govern in their own right as part as the Commonwealth. But what about women? Or as we were called ‘Sheilas’. Not until 1924, all the states in Australia gave the authorities for women to vote which demonstrates a simple spotlight shine that Australia shows sexism towards women. The disrespect and disempowerment that Australian men show towards females illustrates the main identity of the Australian culture as it leads to the discrimination of our heritage.
Western traditions are more often than not, a party of some kind. In America, a celebration of a 16th birthday (traditionally girls) is called a “Sweet 16”. This usually a big party of some kind where family, extended family, and friends are invited. Each of the sixteen candles on their cake represent a family member, friends and boyfriend (or close male friend). The father or the girl, who is sitting on a chair in front of everyone, approaches her with a pair of high heels and replaces her flats with them. The mother also places a tiara on her head. These two ceremonies symbolises her shift into adulthood.
To introduce, Australia was country solely owned and run by Britian until 1901, the year of Australian federation, from 6 separate self-governing colonies to one, on the 26th day of January 1901. ’While Federation was not perfect, it was a system (of both laws and beliefs) that enabled Australia to flourish.’ The question itself represents the states coming together as one uniting nation. The laws, the beliefs, the privileges and the embellishment of the phrase gives you a sense of welcoming into the history of Australian federation.
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Government! You can't live with it! You can't live without it! It is the "common cold" that everyone dreads. The American Heritage College Dictionary, Third Edition defines government as, "The exercise of authority in a political unit in order to control and administer public policy." Webster's Desk Dictionary of the English Language defines government as, "The political direction and control exercised over a nation, state, community, etc." The common individual might define government as the root of all evil. The thing about government is that no one stops to think about how government came about.