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- 2. Politics of Australia The politics of Australia take place within the framework of a federal parliamentary
- 3. Elections At a national level, elections are held at least once every three years. The Prime
- 4. State and local government Australia's six states and two territories are structured within a political framework
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Politics of Australia
The politics of Australia take place within the framework
Politics of Australia
The politics of Australia take place within the framework
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Australia a "full democracy" in 2019.
The federal government is separated into three branches:
Legislature: the bicameral Parliament, defined in section 1 of the constitution as comprising the monarch (represented by the governor-general), the Senate, and the House of Representatives;
Executive: the Federal Executive Council, which in practice gives legal effect to the decisions of the cabinet, comprising the prime minister and ministers of state who advise the governor-general.
Judiciary: the High Court of Australia and other federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the governor-general on advice of the Federal Executive Council.
Elections
At a national level, elections are held at least once every
Elections
At a national level, elections are held at least once every
The Prime Minister can advise the Governor-General to call an election for the House of Representatives at any time, but Senate elections can only be held within certain periods prescribed in the Australian Constitution.
Although governments have preferred simultaneous elections of the House and the Senate, the differences in timing and constitutional requirements mean that separate elections have occurred. The most recent Australian federal election took place on 18 May 2019.
Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia from 2010–2013 and the first female Prime Minister of the country.
State and local government
Australia's six states and two territories are structured
State and local government
Australia's six states and two territories are structured
Each state has its own bicameral Parliament, with the exception of Queensland and the two territories, whose Parliaments are unicameral.
Each state has a Governor, who undertakes a role equivalent to that of the Governor-General at the federal level, and a Premier, who is the head of government and is equivalent to the Prime Minister.
Each state also has its own supreme court, from which appeals can be made to the High Court of Australia.