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- - - - -Believes in the power of the individual and businesses to make their own choices and prosper
        -strives for less government control
        -the liberals and nationals form a coalition to have enough members to form government
    - - -Australia's oldest political party
        -believes that the government should play a strong national role
        -strives for a fairer Australia for all workers
        -tries to tie the gap between rich and poor so that wealth is more even distributed
    - - Not all members of parliament belong to a party, some are independent. Independents might have views that do not quite fit a party mold. Parties such as Labor and liberal will try to convince them to be on their side if there is a stalemate
- - - - When something's lack of action causes someone damages
    - - When something is being unlawfully accused of actions that causes damages to their reputation
    - - when someone breaches a contract that they signed in some sort of way
  - - - Simple offences of the law, usually resulting in a fine and not jail time, e.g., speeding on the highway, minor robbery, ,
    - - Indictable offences are major breaches of the law in a serious way, e.g., armed robbery, murder, rape, etc.
- - - - that the judiciary and parliament remain separate so the court doesn't get influenced by politics
    - - that the judge and jury are not personally connected to anyone involved in the case
- - - - Supreme court- hears very serious cases where the sentence can be for life or death sentence. includes murder and major illicit drug operations
        
        District court- hears more serious cases than the Magistrates court such as armed robbery, sexual assault, fraud, but not when the sentence can be listed as 'life'
        
        Magistrates court- hears many simple offences such as speeding or petty theft
      - Family court [WA] the same as the federal family court but a WA version
    - - Family courts [excludes WA]- specializes in family issues includes divorces and child custody
        
        Federal circuit court- hears many simple civil cases and family issues
      - Federal court - hears the most civil disputes involving the commonwealth law. includes immigration, copyright, etc.
- - - - Committees talk about how the law could affect them and they consider it in detail
        
        3rd reading- the bill is read a final time and the members say whether they think this should be applied
        
        1st reading- the bill is read a first time in the senate
        
        2nd reading- bill is read again and members debate on the idea
        
        Committees talk how the law could affect them and they consider it in detail
        
        3rd reading- they read it a final time and the members give their opinion
        
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        Senate
      - House of representatives