THE THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT By Toby Heading 7m

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THE THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENTBy Toby Heading
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

• The Senate has 76 members, 12 from each state
  (there are 6 states) and 2 from each territory
  (there are 2 territory's).
  
• In the house of Representatives there are 150
  members.
  
• The house of Representatives has the government,
  the Opposition and the Independents.
  
• The government has the Back Benches and the
  Cabinet which leads to the Prime Minister (John
  Howard) to the Treasurer, the secretary and the
  Senior Ministers.
• The Opposition has the shadow Cabinet to the
  leader of Opposition that leads to the shadow
  Treasurer, shadow Secretary and shadow Ministers.
  
• The Federal government is responsible
  forDefence, Money, Trade, Money Collection,
  people coming from overseas without permission to
  come, Health, Transport, Imports and social
  services.

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STATE GOVERNMENT

• Queenslands current Premier is Peter Bettie.
• The name of our electorate is Whitsunday and our
  representative in the state government is Jan
  Jarrett.
  
• This is a picture of Whitsunday
• Our state saying is Queensland the Smart
  State.
  
• The state government meets at the Leglaslative
  Assembly Brisbane.
  
• The responsibilities of the state government
  areSchools, Emergency Services, roads, railways,
  Registration, Parks and Wildlife.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Our Mayor is Mario Demartini.
• The population of our community is about 15
  thousand people and the area is about 7 thousand
  km2(the space the community takes up).
  
• The local government(the council)meets at the
  council chambers.
  
• The responsibilities of the council arelicences,
  the local streets, signs, traffic control,
  rubbish collection, sewerage, drains, footpaths,
  parks and animal control.

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THE MAGNA CARTA

• In 15 June 1215 King John signed the Magna Carta
  at Runnymede.
  
• The Magna Carta gave men more rights (this was
  the start of a time a lot fairer for people, this
  the same as our government today).
  
• Most of it is still used today.
• This is a copy of the Magna
  Carta
  
• This is a copy in Latin

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THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION

• The Australian Constitution is a set of rules
  that tells us how to run our country or state.
  
• To change a rule of the Constitution you must
  take your case (what you want to change) to the
  high court in Canberra.
  
• After that you can have a Referendum (something
  that everyone in the country must vote) if you
  get most of the votes from the people and the the
  most votes from the states then you have been
  able to change the Constitution.
• In the start the Australia Constitution was made
  by a referendum and a series of meetings.

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THE END

• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• The year7 Project Book
• Internet explorer

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QUIZ

• How many members are there in the Senate?
• How members are there in the house of
  Representatives?
  
• Were does the state government meet?
• What is the name of the electorate we live in?
• Who is our mayor?
• What was the date and place that King John signed
  the Magna Carta?
  
• Who do you go to if you want to change the
  Constitution?