Year 8 Politics and Law
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| What does Bicameral mean? | A government having two chambers, upper and lower.
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| What is a Cabinet? | People selected by the prime minister to make key decisions of government.
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| What is Coalition? | When two political parties join together to become one political party.
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| What is Constitution? | The set of guidelines that are approved by the governor general that the Australian government has to follow.
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| What is Constitutional monarchy? | Type of government that is based on a constitution and has a queen or king as its head of state.
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| What is Democracy? | The people elect the government during an election period.
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| What is an Electorate? | An area ruled by a representative of the government.
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| What age do you have to be to be an Eligible voter? | People who are 18 or older.
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| What is Federation? | The process of separate states joining together under one central government.
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| When did Federation occur? | 1901
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| What is an Independent? | A candidate or elected member of parliament who is not a member of a political party.
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| What is a Minister? | Are in charge of a government department that puts bills into action for that department.
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| What is a Monarchy? | King or Queen is head of state. Britain's Queen, for example, has very little political power.
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| What is the Opposition? | The opposition is the party against the leading party.
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| What is a Political party? | A group of people that campaign to be elected as Prime Minister.
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| What is a Whip? | A member of parliament who makes sure that other members are available for an important vote.
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| What colour is the Senate? | Red
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| What colour is the House of Representatives? | Green
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| What is the head of Australia’s government referred to? | Prime Minister
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| What is the head of the State government referred to? | Premier
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| What is the head of the local council referred to? | Mayor
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| Who is Australia’s Current prime Minister? | Malcolm Turnbull
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| What party does the current prime minister belong to? | Liberal Party
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| Who is the current deputy Prime Minister? | Warren Truss
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| Who is the Current Federal Opposition Leader? | Bill Shorten
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| What party does the current opposition leader belong to? | Labor Party
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| Who is the current Governor General? | Sir Peter Cosgrove
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| Who was the previous Governor General? | Dame Quenton Byce
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| What is the name of Australia’s first Prime Minister? | Edmund Barton
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| What is the name of Australia’s first female Prime Minister? | Julia Gillard
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| List the previous five Prime Ministers and their parties | Tony Abbot- Liberal Party
Kevin Rudd- Labor Party
Julia Gillard-Labor Party
Kevin Rudd-Labor Party
John Howard-Liberal Party
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| Who is the Treasurer of Australia? | Scott Morison
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| What does the Treasurer do? | The treasurer is responsible for managing the national economy.
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| Who is the Foreign Affairs Minister? | Julie Bishop
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| What does the Foreign affairs minister do? | Are responsible for International relationships.
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| Who is the Attorney General? | George Brandis
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| Who is Victoria’s Premier? | Daniel Andrews
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| What party does the current Victorian premier belong to? | Labor Party
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| Who is the State opposition leader? | Matthew Guy
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| What Party does the state opposition leader belong to? | Liberal Party
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| Who was the Last Premier of Victoria? | Denis Nepthine
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| What electorate do we live in (Wangaratta)? | Indi
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| Who is the member for our electorate? | Cathy McGowan
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| What party does she belong to? | Independent
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| Who was the previous member for electorate? | Sophie Mirabella
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| What party did the previous member for electorate belong to? | Liberal Party
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| Who was the last mayor of Wangaratta? | Rozi Parisotto
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| How many members does the House of Representatives have? | 150 members
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| How many Senators are there in the Senate? | 72 members
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