LS Key Ideas

In 1900, the parliament from which country passed the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900?

• British Parliament

• Australian Parliament

• New South Wales Parliament

• Victorian Parliament

Division of power is the

• allocation of powers between the executive and legislative branch.

• allocation of powers between the legislative, executive and judicial branch.

• allocation of legislative powers between the Commonwealth and the states.

Legislative powers are

• the limits placed on state parliaments by representative and responsible government.

• the federal parliaments work to create social cohesion.

• the constitutional powers that the Commonwealth, states and territories must have to create statute laws.

specific powers are

• executive powers which are written into the Westminster system of conventions.

• legislative powers which are expressly written in the Constitution.

Residual powers

• powers residing in the Commonwealth.

• powers enumerated in Chapter 2 of the Constitution.

• powers that the states retained for themselves at federation.

Education and health are examples of

• specific powers

• prohibitive powers

• residual powers

Exclusive powers are the specific powers that only the Commonwealth can exercise.

• True

• False

Section 109 is the

• Inconsistency Rule

• Consistency Rule

• Consideration Rule

The Constitution does not prohibit any legislative areas.

• True

• False

People cannot challenge the valdity of statutes.

• True

• False