Functions of government - Australia

The executive function of government is

• responsible for the administration of laws made by the legislature

• responsible for the administration of laws made by the judicial

• responsible for the administration of laws made by the executive

• responsible for the making of laws

In Australia, the executive arm of government exists

• only in the federal parliament

• only in the state parliaments

• only in the territory parliaments

• all of the above

There are three parts to the Australian executive branch, which consist of

• the constitutional executive, the Cabinet of minsters from parliament, including the Prime Minister, and the public service

• the Queen, the Governor- General and the Prime Minister

• the Cabinet of ministers, including the Prime Minister, the Queen and the Governor-General

• the public service, the Prime Minister and the Queeen

The executive arm of government is subject to

• the Governor-General

• the Queen

• the Prime Minister

• the parliament

The judiciary arm of government is

• voted in by the citizens

• appointed to their position

• a voluntary position

• none of the above

The function of the judiciary arm of government is to

• make laws via the statutory process

• make laws as well as administer and interpret the laws

• adjudicate disputes by interpreting the law and applying them to specific circumstances in cases heard in the courts

• administer laws

Critical to the rule of law is the judiciary's

• organisation

• interdependence on other branches of power in the government

• reliance on the Westminster system

• independence

The main office in the judicial arm of government is

• the plaintiff

• the judge

• the defendant

• the Governor-General

The legislative branch of government

• interprets the laws

• administers the laws

• makes the laws

• none of the above

In Australia the legislature is

• unicameral

• a dictatorship

• non-existent

• bicameral