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CIVICS & CITIZENSHIP (6 Key Concepts (Westminster System (Queen…

- - - - Doing Jury Duty
      - Voting in elections or referendums
      - Paying Taxes
      - Ways to participate:
      - Protesting in important issues
      - Signing petitions that make changes to society
      - Participating in political discussions
      - Contacting your local member of parliament
      - Campaigning for a person or party who is trying to get elected
      - Becoming a member of parliament.
- - - - 76 Senators (12 from each state & 2 from each territory)
    - - 150 Members
      - Australia's two political parties are Liberal party and the Labor party.
        
        The political party with the most seats in the House of Representatives forms government and the leader of this party becomes the prime minister and is the head of government.
        
        The political party that has the most nongovernment seats becomes the opposition. The leader of the non-governing party is known as the leader of the opposition.
- - - - Mining & agriculture
      - Community services
      - Public transport
      - Police
      - Roads and railways
      - Prisons
      - Hospitals
      - Ambulance services
      - Schools
      - Apply to just that municipality and include:
  - - - Trade & commerce
      - Marriage
      - Foreign policy
      - Quarantine
      - Immigration
      - Currency
      - Defence
      - Taxation
      - Apply to just that municipality and include:
  - - - We have over 560 local governments, or councils, in Australia.
        
        Local roads, footpaths
        
        Town planning
        
        Recreational facilities such as parks, sports fields and swimming pools
        
        Building approvals and inspections
        
        Parking
        
        Land and coast care programs
        
        Waste management
        
        Pet regulation
        
        Apply to just that municipality and include: