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	AUSTRALIA
		Australian voters rejected a move to become a republic in 1999 by a 55% majority, but the result is generally viewed in terms of dissatisfaction with the specifics of the proposed republican model rather than attachment to the monarchy.
		Seats in the House of Representatives are allocated to states on the basis of population.
		Australian English is a major variety of the language; its grammar and spelling are largely based on those of British English, overlaid with a rich vernacular of unique lexical items and phrases, some of which have found their way into standard English.
	www.solarnavigator.net /geography/australia.htm (4915 words)

	Parliaments of the Australian states and territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia.
		The Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, by contrast, are territories of the Commonwealth, and their parliaments were created by way of legislation of the Commonwealth Parliament.
		All of the States except Queensland have bicameral parliaments, with a lower house called the Legislative Assembly or House of Assembly, and an upper house called the Legislative Council.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliaments_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories (668 words)

	Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Each of the Australian states and territories have legislatures (parliaments) that are directly elected by secret ballot from Australian citizens 18 years of age or older and resident and registered to vote in that state or territory.
		All state legislatures are bicameral with the exception of the Parliament of Queensland, which is unicameral, as are the parliaments of the two territories.
		All states and territories elect representatives through preferential voting, where the voter ranks the list of candidates in his or her order of preference, although the way this is implemented in each state and territory varies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Electoral_systems_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories (2345 words)

	EN About Australia Start Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In the States, the Queen is represented by Governors.
		The Australian Constitution sets out the powers of government in three separate chapters for the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, but insists that members of the executive must also be members of the legislature.
		State parliaments are subject to the national Constitution as well as their State constitutions.
	www.austemb.be /EN/about_australia (2384 words)

	Australian Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		State Parliaments are subject to the provisions of this as well as their own State Constitutions.
		Australians are required to ensure that they are enrolled in the electoral division in which they live and computer records are kept of those who voted and failed to vote at federal elections and referendums.
		This figure is arrived at by dividing the number of formal votes cast in the State the candidate seeks to represent in the Senate by a number equal to the number of vacancies being contested plus one, and increasing the quotient of that calculation, disregarding fractions, by one.
	www.pm.gov.au /aus_in_focus/government/index.html (1915 words)

	About Australia
		The removal of children, that some historians and Indigenous Australians have argued could be considered to constitute genocide by today's understanding,may have made a small contribution to the decline in the indigenous population.
		In the Senate, each state, regardless of population, is represented by 12 senators, while the territories (the ACT and the NT) are each represented by two.
		Approximately 58% of Australians between the ages of 25 and 64 have vocational or tertiary qualifications and the tertiary graduation rate of 49% is highest of OECD countries.
	www.australiantest.com /page4/page4.html (4490 words)

	Legal & Court System
		No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed after the commencement of the Australia Act 1986 extends, or is deemed to extend, to the Commonwealth of Australia or to an Australian State or Territory as part of the law of the Commonwealth, of the State or of the Territory.
		In the Commonwealth Parliament the Upper House is known as the Senate, and in the bicameral State Parliaments as the Legislative Council.
		In the Commonwealth Parliament the Lower House is known as the House of Representatives; in the State Parliaments of New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia as the Legislative Assembly; and in the State Parliaments of South Australia and Tasmania as the House of Assembly.
	www.irishaustralia.com /Australian/Government/courtssys.htm (1784 words)

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		Australian police recruits are required to have completed their secondary education, although it is not always essential to have been awarded a qualification known as Higher School Certificate.
		Parallel to the Supreme Courts in the States and Territories is a Federal Court that is primarily concerned with the enforcement of Commonwealth Law, such as that related to trade practices, but that also hears appeals from the Supreme Courts of the Territories.
		A11 prisons are the responsibility of states or territories.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /bjs/pub/ascii/wfbcjaus.txt (4814 words)

	LLRX.com - Update to Researching Australian Law
		Nick was the convenor of the Australian and New Zealand university law librarians group from 1993 to 1999 and was local convenor of the IALL conference held in Melbourne in September 1999.
		The Australian Commonwealth Parliament and those of the States are bicameral, with the exception of that of the State of Queensland which abolished its upper house in 1922.
		And the courts of the states and territories also sit within the national hierarchy with either a Supreme Court or Court of Appeals at the local apex, from which appeals lie to the High Court.
	www.llrx.com /features/australian3.htm (4762 words)

	Australian Government Attorney-General's Department - Attorney General's Department - Australias Legal System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Australian Parliament consists of the Queen (who is represented in Australia by the Governor-General), the Senate, and the House of Representatives.
		The Australian Constitution provides that the judicial power of the Commonwealth of Australia is to be vested in a 'Federal Supreme Court, to be called the High Court of Australia'.
		Australian State and Territory courts have original jurisdiction in all matters brought under State or Territory laws, and in matters arising under federal laws, where jurisdiction has been conferred on the courts by the Commonwealth Parliament.
	www.ag.gov.au /agd/www/agdhome.nsf/AllDocs/RWPA5C949DB88E95857CA256BB300154E38?OpenDocument (6932 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
		The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia.
		Before the formation of the Commonwealth in 1901, the six Australian colonies were self-governing, with parliaments which had come into existence at various times between 1825, when the New South Wales Legislative Council was created, to 1891, when Western Australia became the last of the colonies to gain full self-government.
		The Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, by contrast, are territories of the Commonwealth, and their parliaments were created by way of legislation of the Commonwealth Parliament.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Parliaments_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories (696 words)

	About Your Holiday - Western Australia - Australian Government
		The Constitution requires membership of the Australian House of Representatives to be, as nearly as practicable, twice that of the Senate.
		The Australian Democrats and the West Australian Greens, political parties with close ties to the environmental movement, were formed to capture the balance of power in the Senate, where neither of the major political parties has a majority.
		In the Federal and State Governments, there are three broad categories of government institution: those serving directly the respective parliaments; Departments of State for whose operations, in all respects, individual Ministers are responsible to their parliament; and a miscellaneous category which includes statutory agencies, corporations, tribunals and commissions.
	www.discoverwest.com.au /sysgov.html (2568 words)

	Overseas Students' Association (OSA)
		In the States the leader of the Government is called a Premier (or Chief Minister in the Territories).
		Where a State law and a Federal law are in conflict, the Federal law prevails to the extent of the conflict.
		So while States have powers over such matters as police, legal services, health and education, their policies are increasingly influenced by the limitations applied by the terms of the Federal grants.
	www.adelaide.edu.au /osa/information/governance.html (522 words)

	Governments on the WWW: Parliaments
		Sabor Republike Hrvatske [Parliament of the Republic of Croatia]
		Parlamentul Republicii Moldova [Parliament of the Republic of Moldova]
		Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
	www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parliaments.html (650 words)

	About Australia - Australia Hotels, Resorts & Travel Reservation - Asia Travel
		The removal of children, that some historians and Indigenous Australians have argued could be considered to constitute genocide by today's understanding,[4] may have made a small contribution to the decline in the indigenous population.
		Australian voters rejected a move to become a republic in 1999 by a 55% majority.[7] Since the election of the Whitlam Government in 1972, there has been an increasing focus on the nation's future as a part of the Asia-Pacific region.
		The legislature: the Commonwealth Parliament, comprising the Queen, the Senate, and the House of Representatives; the Queen is represented by the Governor-General, who in practice only exercises constitutional power on the advice of the Prime Minister.
	www.asiatravel.com /australia/about_australia.html (1724 words)

	Litigation Law information - Nominate a Lawyer
		Judges are appointed by the relevant government department or senior judicial officer of a State or Territory.
		In other Australian States and Territories, however, all lawyers are admitted to practise both as barristers and solicitors.
		Australian courts are also able to view developments on the common law by other English speaking legal systems such as the United States of America, India, Canada and New Zealand.
	www.nominatealawyer.com.au /litigation-lawyer/legaladvice.asp (1266 words)

	Australia \| Travel to Sydney
		Requirements for dive courses (which are widely available) vary from state to state, but generally, beginners must be at least 12 years of age and have a medical certificate of fitness in accordance with Australian standards.
		Australian rules, which originated in Melbourne, is the predominant winter sport in its traditional areas of popularity, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania.
		The Australian cricket team is today regarded as one of the leading international teams in world cricket, having been the unquestionably dominant team for much of the 1990s.
	goto-sydney.com /travel/travel/australia (6223 words)

	ABA \| News & publications > News releases > News release archive > 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) is seeking public comment on the need for a code of practice for the development of the on-line services industry.
		"A code of practice would be a positive industry response to legislation, currently being considered by the parliaments of the Australian states and territories, which proposes offences for those who knowingly provide access to objectionable material," Mr Webb said.
		On 1 July 2005 the Australian Communications and Media Authority took over the role of the ABA.
	www.aba.gov.au /newspubs/news_releases/archive/1995/86nr1995.shtml (1428 words)

	Qwika - similar:Politics_of_Singapore
		Before the formation of the Commonwealth in 1901, the six Australian colonies were self-governing, with parliaments which had come into existence by stages from 1825, when the New South Wales Legislative Council was created, to 1891, Western Australia b...
		The political office of Senior Minister in the political system of Singapore is taken by a prime minister or senior cabinet minister when he or she retires from that office, but still has something to offer the government based on his or her long experience.
		Malaysia is a federation of thirteen states, but judicial power in the Federation is almost exclusively vested in a federal court system.
	www.qwika.com /rels/Politics_of_Singapore (1277 words)

	Australian DemocratsAustralian Democrat Speeches
		For this reason, the summit of Commonwealth, state and territory leaders, convened on 5 April 2002, agreed to work towards a national referral of state powers on specific antiterrorism legislation.
		We Democrats note that the states have referred to the Commonwealth both the text of this legislation and the power to amend it.
		We are pleased to see that such amendments can be made only with the agreement of a majority of states and territories, including at least four of the states.
	www.democrats.org.au /speeches?speech_id=1092 (949 words)

	Other sources of Parliamentary Information
		To celebrate the centenary of the First Sitting of Commonwealth Parliament, both Chambers will meet on 9th May 2001 in the Exhibition Building Melbourne and on 10th May 2001 at Parliament House Melbourne
		Parliaments: part of Gunnar Anzinger's Governments on the WWW
		ParlInfo Search: Hansard, committees, procedure, bibliographic material from the Australian Parliament.
	www.aph.gov.au /library/parl/other/otherpar.htm (198 words)

	Australian Governments
		Australian Parliamentary Library - Bills Digests Index Provides a brief plain language explanation of Bills before Parliament in the years 1995 - 1997.
		Australian Parliamentary Library Home Page Historical and current information about the Commonwealth Parliament, elections and referenda, other sources of Parliamentary information, guides to Internet sources, search engines, tutorials.
		Links to Parliaments of Australian States and Territories and their Libraries, as well as to parliaments overseas.
	library.nudgee.com /austgov.htm (390 words)

	The Australian Republic Issue: A Guide (Issues and Opinions)
		At the Australian Bureau of Statistics site, which in turn was a "reproduction of the summary report, under the same title, of the Republic Advisory Committee, subject to minor changes in presentation for the Year Book".
		Author not stated, but the paper is declared to be a "Report of [an] Address [by Richard McGarvie] to Classes of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology on 3 May 2000".
		In fact, s25 applies only to people disqualified by a State from a State's franchise, and the only exclusion it makes is from the calculation s24 uses to determine the number of MHRs a State is entitled to.
	www-personal.edfac.usyd.edu.au /staff/souters/republic1.html (12761 words)

	Australia Now - Australia's System of Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Minority parties often hold the balance of power in the Senate, which serves as a chamber of review for the decisions of the government.
		Parties must receive at least 4 per cent of the valid vote in the elections they contest to receive this public funding.
		Australian State and Territory Offices: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
	www.dfat.gov.au /facts/sys_gov.html (1075 words)

	PEO resources: links to other websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Old Parliament House, Canberra was the home of the Australian Parliament from 1927 to 1988.
		Provides information on representation and redistribution, voting, enrolments, past elections, electoral history, electoral laws, referenda, political party disclosures, frequently asked questions, local government elections and international electoral services.
		EdNA is a meta-network of Australian education practitioners.
	www.peo.gov.au /resources/links.html (372 words)

	Australian elections, Australian election results, governments and parties in the Australian Government and Politics ...
		Australian elections, Australian election results, governments and parties in the Australian Government and Politics Database
		for Australian state and federal parliaments since 1890
		Browse the glossary of terms used in Australian Government and Politics
	elections.uwa.edu.au (73 words)

	State and Local Government in Australia
		Australian Heads of Government - a table showing all current Federal and State Governments, Premiers, Opposition Leaders and Parties
		Federal, State & Territory Governments 1930-2001 - a colour-coded table showing Labor and non-Labor governments in all Australian parliaments.
		Federal, State & Territory Election Dates Since 1945
	www.australianpolitics.com /states (73 words)

	Parliament of Australia: Find - Other Links
		Parliaments of the Australian States and Territories
		Please note: The links listed below are for information only - the target sites are not the responsibility of the Parliament of Australia.
		Australian Commonwealth Government Entry Point - for links to Commonwealth Government Departments and Agencies
	www.aph.gov.au /find/other_links.htm (104 words)

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