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Australia is an example of a/n
a) Dictatorship
b) Direct Democracy
c) Representative Democracy
d) Absolute Monarchy

Australians are eligible to vote once they turn
a) 21
b) 18
c) 16
d) 25

The two houses of parliament in Australia are the
a) Top house and Bottom house
b) Senate (lower house) and House of Representatives (upper house)
c) Government and Parliament
d) House of Representatives (lower house) and Senate (upper house)

The 3 levels of government in Australia are:
a) Local, State and Federal
b) Town, City and Country
c) Local, State, Monarchy
d) State, Territory, Country

When political parties join forces to gain a majority it is called a
a) Conglomerate
b) Constitution
c) Coalition
d) Cooperation

The party with the second highest number of votes in the House of Representatives forms the
a) Different
b) Opposition
c) Opposite
d) Losers

Why do we have 2 houses of parliament?
a) The Senate keeps the House of Reps accountable; it can also be known as the house of review as bills must be approved here.
b) To provide jobs for more politicians
c) Because there are too many decisions for one group of people
d) The House of Reps can pass laws without the Senate but it is easier to pass them with the Senate on board

The two major parties in Australia are the
a) Nationals and Greens
b) Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party
c) Marijuana Party and the Animal Justice Party
d) Labor and Liberal

Independents are members of parliament that
a) Do not belong to a political party or coalition
b) Are members of a smaller political party
c) Hate the parties
d)

The key principles of the ALP are that they
a) Like workers, spend lots of money, work really hard
b) Are the oldest party, strive for a fairer Australia for workers, try to close the gap between rich and poor citizens
c) Are the oldest party
d) Fight with the Liberals on as many points as they can

The Liberal Party key principles are that they
a) Fight with the ALP on as many issues as possible
b) Form coalitions with everyone
c) Strive for less government control, believe in the power of individuals and small businesses, hold more conservative beliefs
d) Work to provide tax cuts to big businesses and stop small businesses from succeeding

Some factors that influence voter behaviour are
a) Opinion Polls, Public Debate
b) Social Media and Advertisements (includes smear campaigns),
c) Party Loyalty, Important issues
d) All of the above

What is a swinging voter?
a) Someone who changes between parties depending on issues and shared values
b) Someone on a swing
c) Young people
d) Someone who has voted for the same party since they first began voting

The process of counting votes in the House of Representatives is called the
a) First past the post system
b) Preferential system
c) Proportional system
d) Secret ballot system

How regularly are House of Representative elections held?
a) 6 years
b) 10 years
c) 2 years
d) 3 years

Voting in the Senate is called Proportional Representative voting; voters can vote either
a) On time or not at all
b) Above or below the line
c) To the left or the right of the line
d)

An absolute majority occurs when a party achieves
a) Half the votes
b) More than half of the votes
c) Less than half of the votes
d) All of the votes and none less

The quota in the Senate is
a) A quarter of the votes +1
b) 100% of the votes
c) Half the votes +1
d) Some of the votes

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