Australian History and Politics

Government, Politics and Rights

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  1. Which two houses make up the federal Parliament of Australia?
  2. How many senators sit in the Australian Senate, with twelve for each state and two for each mainland territory?
  3. How long is the term of a senator elected for a state?
  4. Since which year has voting in federal elections been compulsory?
  5. Which voting system is used to elect the House of Representatives?
  6. What must happen for the Constitution to be changed?
  7. A referendum is won by 55 per cent of voters across Australia, but only two of the six states vote in favour. What is the result?
  8. Which section of the Constitution sets out how it may be altered by referendum?
  9. Which body runs federal elections and referendums in Australia?
  10. Which statement about the High Court of Australia is correct?
  11. Who was the first woman to become Prime Minister of Australia?
  12. Who is Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister?
  13. Which Prime Minister disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach in December 1967?
  14. Which government introduced Medicare, the public health insurance system, in 1984?
  15. Who was the first Aboriginal person elected to the federal Parliament?
  16. Which three levels of government does Australia have?
  17. Which of these is a responsibility of the Commonwealth Government under the Constitution?
  18. Who appoints the Governor-General of Australia?
  19. What does the Commonwealth Star on the Australian flag represent?
  20. In which year was 'Advance Australia Fair' proclaimed as the national anthem?
  21. When did the Australian citizenship system begin, so that people were first called Australian citizens?
  22. What did the Australia Acts of 1986 do?
  23. Which sequence puts these events in the correct order, earliest first?
  24. Which territory gained self-government on 1 July 1978?

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