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What is the name for wa parliaments upper house?
Legislative council
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How many members are in the legislative council?
36
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What is the lower house for wa called?
The legislative assembly
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How many people is the legislative assembly made up of?
59 (59 electorates)
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How often are elections held for the wa parliament?
At least once every four years.
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Name of federal parliaments upper house? How many people?
Senate, 76 members.
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Name federal parliaments lower house? How many people?
House of Representatives, 150 members
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Hw often are federal elections held?
Every three years, or sooner.
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Who is the pm of Australia?
Tony Abbott
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Who is the Governor General?
Quentin Bryce.
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Who is the minister for finance?
Mathias Cormann.
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Who is George Brandis?
The attorney general
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Who is the deputy pm?
Warren truss.
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Who is the leader of the opposition?
Bill shorten
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Minister for foreign affairs?
Julie bishop
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Who is joe hockey?
Treasurer
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Who is Andrew robb?
Minister for trade
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Who is minister for defence?
David Johnston
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Who is the premier of wa?
Colin Barnett
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What is your local electorate? who was it named after?
Curtin, named after John Curtin who was the Prime Minister of Australia 1941–45.
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Since 2007, what prime ministers has Australia had?
Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd and tony Abbott.
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How is a bill passed?
- Idea - need for a new law identified
- Approved by PM/cabinet - introduced to house that whoever the minister responsible for new law is in
- Initiation - Minister presents bill and moves 'That the bill be read a first time.'
- First reading - introduction to parliament by minister
- Second reading - minister outlines principles of bill and philosophy behind bill is debated
- Committee stage - not all bills are taken to this stage, only taken if a member wishes to amend the bill
- Third reading - read for third and final time and final votes take place
- Bill is passed - ready to become an act of parliament
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What is the court hierarchy? Roles of each level?
- High court of Australia:
- Original jurisdiction and appeals
- Supreme Court:
- Criminal - most serious indictable offences
- Civil - claims over $750,000
- District court:
- Criminal - indictable offences up to 20 years in gaol
- civil - claims between $75,000-$750,000
- Magistrates court:
- Criminal - simple Offences of minor nature
- civil - claims up to $75,000
- uses magistrate and no jury
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What is precedent and how does it operate?
Precedent is when a judge makes a decision, all similar cases must follow that decision. Some are binding and some are only persuasive.
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What is the difference between binding and persuasive precedents?
- Binding - made by higher courts and must be followed
- persuasive - made by lower courts so does not have to be followed but gives a good guide/line of reasoning
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What are rules?
Regulate behaviour of certain groups or individuals but not society as a whole
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What are customs?
Traditions usually handed down from generation to generation that are acknowledged as the right way to do things.
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What are morals?
What society considers right; these change over time as society changes.
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What are laws?
The set of rules that regulate behaviour in society and enforced by that society.
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