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LEGAL UNIT 3 AOS1: PARLIAMENT AND THE CITIZEN (STRUCTURE OF THE VIC…
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- Representative Government
- Responsible Government
- Separation of Powers
- legislative
- executive
- judicial
INFORMAL PRESSURES
- Petitions
- Demonstrations
- Media
FEDERAL LEVEL
House of Representatives (Lower house)
- 150 members
- 3 year term
Senate (Upper House)
- 76 senators
- 6 year term
STATE LEVEL
Legislative Assembly
(Lower house)
- 88 members
- 4 year term
Legislative Council
(Upper House)
- 40 members
- 4 year term
Functions of Parliament
- makes law on behalf of the people
- provides formation of government
- provides a forum for popular representation
scrutinise the action of government
ROLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- makes laws
- seat of government
- represents the people
- controls government expenditure
ROLE OF THE SENATE
- States' House
- house of review
- initiation of bills
ROLE OF THE CROWN
- act as the head of state
- give/ withhold royal assent
- reserve powers to appoint a Prime Minister
- open/close Parliamentary sessions
- commission judges
- Changing values and attitudes
- Changes in society
- Advances in technology
- Protection of the community
- Protection of rights
- Access to the law
- Generating changing values in socety
- Initiation
- First Reading
- Second Reading
- Consideration in detail
- Third Reading
- Procedure in second house
- Certification
- Royal
- Proclamation
STREGNTHS
- supreme law-making body
- elected into office
- able to make or change laws
- investigate issues and gather information
- provides an arena for debate
- ability to pass laws with the future in mind
WEAKNESSES