Unit 3 Topic 1 Governance Law

Challenge in bicameral systems due to disputes?

Stare Decisis is another way to say doctrine of precedent

What's a "minority government" in a parliamentary system?

Who represents the monarch at the federal level in Australia?

What's needed to change the Australian Constitution?

How does a parliamentarins expertise benefit parliament?

What is the role of Parliamentarians and parliament

Section of Aus. Constitution outlines federal legislative powers?

Judiciarys role in separation of powers?

Key strength of parliament? How does it reflect diverse views?

What is the primary function of a parliamentary system as a law-making body?

Area where federal parliament can make laws but states cannot?

Which level of government is responsible for social welfare laws

Partisanship means political parties get time off on a ship

Gov. system dividing power between central and regional governments?

The House in the Queensland Parliament is known as

What is the process by which courts interpret and apply legislation to specific cases?

A Plebiscite is where people get to vote on a non-constitutional issue or law

Which legal principle ensures that no one is above the law, including government officials?

What is a parliamentary system where the government is elected by the parliament?

What foundational legal document outlines the structure and governance of Australia?

What is the role of the Crown (Governor-General,

Considered a strength of a parliamentary system as a law-making body?

Which level handles immigration policies in Australia?

What doctrine prevents excessive concentration of power by dividing government functions into branches?

Type of parliamentary session where members of both houses vote on laws previously rejected by one house?

Queensland has a unicameral parliament.Implications include:

Who interprets and applies laws in Australia?

Which principle requires lower courts to follow the legal principles established by higher courts in earlier cases?

What hinders timely response in some systems?

What system of government allows the executive branch to be held accountable and potentially removed by the legislature?

What makes legislative process less transparent?

When was the last double dissolution election in Australia?

Parliament's function in public debate?

What does Queensland's unicameral parliament mean?

Drawback of party dominance in parliament?

In a system of government, what term describes citizens electing representatives to make decisions on their behalf?

Which level of government is responsible for Immigration laws

A formal vote about a constitutional law change?

What term describes a legislative system with two separate chambers or houses?

What ensures accountability in parliament?

The Upper House in Federal Parliament is known as

The Lower House in Federal Parliament is known as

What ensures government accountability and equality before the law?

Case involving Commonwealth and Tasmania over a dam?

What is a potential implication of a unicameral government

Problem when interest groups unduly influence parliament?

What constitutional mechanism allows both houses of parliament to be dissolved

What is a form of government where the power is vested in the people through elections?

In bicameral system, how many legislative chambers are there?

The rules/processes/admin followed by government (executive) implementing policies/delivering services?

What term describes a legislative body with a single chamber or house?