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Year 10 Civics And Citizenship - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Separation Of Power: The Government is split up to make everything as fair as possible and to divide power so not one person can or will rule everything.
      - Law Making Powers: The government have a power to make laws put things in place and set the boundaries so everything is fair and everyone is equal.
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        Constitutional order—the structure and powers of the Australian Parliament are written in the Australian Constitution, which also describes the power of the High Court of Australia to decide if laws abide by the Constitution.
        
        Liberal democracy—as a nation, we support the development and well-being of individuals.
        
        Pluralistic society—Australian society is diverse with many different ethnic, racial, religious and social groups all existing together.
        
        Representative democracy—eligible citizens elect members of parliament to make decisions and laws on their behalf. If citizens do not think their representatives are doing a good job, they can vote for new ones at the next election.
        
        Respect for and tolerance of opposing ideas—in the Parliament, issues and new laws are debated and the Australian Government is questioned about its work to make sure it is accountable to the Australian people. In society, listening to different points of view and the voices of minorities strengthens our democracy.
        
        Responsible government—to be in government, a party or coalition of parties must have the support of the majority of members in the House of Representatives. This makes sure the Australian Government is accountable to the Australian Parliament.
    - - State
        
        Deals with the whole state includes problems rules and laws
      - Local
        
        Deals with local problems in your neighbourhood whether it be water, power and other
      - Federal
        
        Deals with the whole of Australia including the rules, laws and what is suitable.
  - - - National Deals with the whole of Indonesia.
      - Provincial Deals with state rules and laws.
      - District Deals with local area or town.
      - Structure Of Government
      - Lower House(People’s Representative Council)
      - In the lower they have 560 members.
      - They Vote A Bit Differently
      - Upper House(Regional Representatives Council)
      - In the upper house there is 132 members.
      - They overview the lower house and make more decisions
      - President He is the leader and decides certain rules and does vote on laws.
  - - - Example: Person is in court and the judge hears both sides of the story and then makes a decision.
      - Definition: The process or result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals.
    - - Example: Participating in your local sports club.
      - Definition: Taking apart of something for whatever it may be.
    - - Definition: Australia's System That Is Based On The UK Westminster System In Westminster.
      - Example: It's a system that follows certain expectations and rules.
    - - Example: You have the right to vote but you have the responsibility to make sure you do it.
      - Definition: Rights is something you get you have it its for everyone. Responsibility is what you have to do like what you have to take care of.
    - - Example: Someone is allowed to vote for something and they can't be punished for it and they can feel safe.
      - Definition: Being able to make a decision without suffering a consequence when it comes to voting.
    - - Definition: The study of everything involving the government.
      - Example: Learning about the laws we have and how they apply to us.
    - - Definition: A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
      - Example: Australia is a Democracy where we vote for representatives.
  - - - Democracy: A form of parliament voted on by the people.
      - Houses Of Parliament: Having two houses to separate power and vote for things and make sure its done properly.
      - 3 Levels: They have three levels to balance power and make it fair for everybody.
      - Free Democratic Elections: The people are allowed to vote for what they want and believe.
      - Separation Of Power: Having a judiciary, executive, parliament and power
- - - - Crime in general doesn't benefit the society so when it's organised it's has major threats on society because it impacts everyone.
    - - Corruption can happen in many different ways this can effect and be a threat to Australia because not everything is controlled the society could be taken apart and then everything all falls down.
    - - Media is controlling and is very manipulative it controls most of the world today so it gets across everywhere this in some cases ends up being bad because it could be false or influence the wrong decisions.
    - - There are not rules for everything and somethings don't apply to everyone so this causes problems in that being lawlessness there's more chaos and no balance.
  - - - We share are values so everyone is equal and the same because we are all human.
    - - Everybody has there own point of view and beliefs or whatever it maybe it's ok to disagree with things and have your own opinion.
    - - We vote for who we want to run the place and that changes every 4 years.
    - - We have a lot of ways to resolve things in that being referendums, voting and other.
- - - - Australia aids people that are foreign to help them or get them started because everyone is equal and can do whatever they want as long it's in the guidelines the responsibility is that they get all the same services as everyone else.
    - - To make sure everything is in check protecting are rights and what we stand for.