U4 AOS1 - Checks on parliament

‘A term used to describe a situation in which the upper house of parliament automatically approves decisions made in the lower house because the government holds a majority of seats in both houses and members of the government generally vote along party lines.’

Read the definition and select the correct matching term from the list below.

• Rubber stamp Senate

• Slim majority

• Hostile Senate

Senators are directly chosen by the people for a period of...

• 6 years

• 4 years

• 3 years

• 10 years

The power to administer the laws and manage the business of government, which is vested in the Queen’s representative is known as...

• Residual power

• Judicial power

• Legislative power

• Executive power

Which two branches of government overlap and thereby mean that Australia does not have a strict separation of powers?

• The executive and the judicial powers

• The judicial and the legislative powers

• The executive and the legislative powers

• The concurrent and the exclusive powers

The legislative power at a federal level comprises which elements?

• Legislative Assembly (lower house) and Senate (upper house)

• House of Representatives (lower house) and the Governor

• House of Representatives (lower house) and the High Court

• House of Representatives (lower house) and Senate (upper house)

Which of the following is a not a weakness of the separation of powers?

• The judiciary is independent of the parliament and government.

• Judges are appointed by the executive.

• The legislative power and the exclusive power are combined.

Express rights are...

• contained in a bill of rights passed by the Australian Parliament.

• rights that are stated in the Australian Constitution.

• rights that are stated in High Court judgments.

• often amended or deleted by acts of parliament.

Express rights are entrenched, meaning they...

• can only be changed by a referendum.

• can be changed by agreement between the states.

• can be changed by an act of parliament.

• can be overturned by the High Court.