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Civics & Citizenship - Coggle Diagram

- - - - voting in elections & referendums
      - serving in juries
      - paying taxes
      - signing petitions
      - contacting representatives
      - campaigning
      - becoming an MP
        
        acting as a spokesman for electorate
        
        prioritising government activates and funding for electorate
        
        dealing with concerns
      - DIRECT ACTION
        
        protests
        
        marches
        
        boycotts of products or services
        
        strikes
  - - - Respect
        
        Accepting someone, no matter their views, beliefs and rights.
      - Equality
        
        Treating everyone the same.
      - Fairness
        
        Impartial and treating others without favouritism and discrimination.
      - Freedom
        
        Making your own decisions without being controlled.
    - - SPEECH
        
        The right to express your opinions, thoughts, information, views etc. to the public without fear of punishment or prevention from the government.
        
        ILLEGAL = violence, terrorism, harm, spreading opinions and information without consent that proves both false or offensive.
        
        COMMON LAW RELATION = ABC spoke openly about NZ scandal, as David Lange accused ABC of defamation and the high court decided it was ABC's right to inform voters.
        
        expressing opinions about government
      - MOVEMENT
        
        Citizens ability to move freely between the state or regions when in the country.
        
        ILLEGAL = when it endangers others eg. terrorism.
        
        COMMON LAW RELATION = Clive Palmer vs Mark McGowan
      - ASSEMBLY
        
        The right to peacefully gather or meet in groups in both public and private places.
        
        ILLEGAL = when violence, violent protests, or rallies etc. are involved.
        
        COMMON LAW RELATION = Restricts violent assemblies or ones what intend to cause violence.
        
        protest
        
        host rallies in piece and without violence
      - ASSOCIATION
        
        Right to freely join any group without restrictions.
        
        ILLEGAL = stopping groups with criminal intentions eg. bikie gangs.
        
        COMMON LAW RELATION = Many protests on the brink of being illegal as common law has different ideas on what is illegal and legal; but some are still unclear. eg. bikie gangs meeting
        
        forming unions
        
        people working in industries
      - RELIGION
        
        The right to believe in whichever religion you want without judgement.
        
        ILLEGAL = terrorism, harm, forcing of religion onto others etc.
        
        COMMON LAW RELATION = Judges have had to be made involving terrorism or unusual acts of violence.
        
        allowing citizens to believe in whichever religion they please
  - - - Head of state (King or Queen) is represented by a Governor General
      - Lower house of parliament involving the leader/Prime Minister
      - Upper house invloving the Senate
      - Executive team of PM's
      - Independent civil service
      - Independent judiciary involving judges and courts.
- - - - sexual harrassment
      - murder
  - - - Family
        
        Births
        
        Marriages
        
        Divorces
        
        Caregiving
      - Contract
        
        Disputes involving legal arrangements and agreements between parties.
      - Tortes
        
        Defamation
        
        Damage reputation
        
        Nuisance
        
        Interferes another persons ability to freely use the land
        
        Trespass
        
        Interference with another person's property
  - - - Introduced
        
        (House of Representatives) First Reading
        
        Second Reading
        
        House committee
        
        Consideration in detail
        
        3rd Reading
        
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    - - Supreme Court (State & Territory)
      - Magistrates Court (Lower)
      - High Court
    - - Senate (Upper)
      - House of Representatives (Lower)