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civics and citizenship (laws (Every day of our lives, we are influenced by…
civics and citizenship
laws
Every day of our lives, we are influenced by rules and regulations. From wearing a seatbelt when travelling in a car to buying a ticket to ride the bus, we come in contact with rules all the time.
Legal and non-legal rules Rules do not just come from our government. There are many organisations and people who will create rules and regulations for the sake of organisation and protecting each other. For example, schools and sporting clubs have rules.
Some of these rules are non-legal rules, which means they are not enforceable by the government. For example, it might break your school’s rules to be late for class, but you will not be arrested by the police for this. It would be up to your teachers, parents or principal to decide how you will be punished.
why do we obey law
There are a number of reasons why people obey the law. Many people understand that laws are there to protect us and that without them there is not much to stop someone who wanted to hurt, steal or exploit others.
statuary law
Australia’s laws can come about in two ways. Statutory laws are those that are made and passed by parliament. Common law is created when a judge has to make a ruling about a case that is not covered by statutory law.
passing statuary
Both federal and state parliaments follow similar steps to pass a statutory law. The following looks at how a Bill is passed through federal parliament.
common law
The role of a judge is to interpret the statutory laws passed by parliament and apply them to individual cases. New and unusual cases come up every day and, in some instances, statutory law is not clear about how a particular case should be dealt with.
preparation of bill
A Bill is a formal document that is prepared as a draft Act, or law. It is proposed by a member of parliament (MP) when people feel the need to change an existing law or establish a new one.
reading
after giving prior notice to parliament that a bill will be discussed the MP who is introducing the bill will provide a copy of draft act to every other MP.
idieginous
The saying goes, ‘History is written by the victors’. British Australia has often ignored the injustice done to the Aboriginal peoples through colonisation. Before the arrival of Europeans, Australia had long been
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For many people, truly recognising this part of our history is a necessary step towards properly defining the Australian identity.
australia
The date, 26 January, is the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales in 1788. It marks the beginning of British rule of the Australian continent, and as a result, it is a day of great sorrow for Indigenous Australians.
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