Role of the Legislative

Which of the following is NOT another name for Parliament?

• assembly

• legislature

• legislative

• government

The best adjective to describe Australia's parliament would be:

• speedy

• efficient

• undemocratic

• representative

The Commonwealth Parliament is composed of three parts. These are:

• The Legislative Assembly, the Legislative Council and the Premier

• The House of Representatives, the Senate and the Monarch

• The House of Representatives, the Senate and the Prime Minister

• The Prime Minister, Cabinet and senior Ministers

SEPARATION OF POWERS check - which of the following are part of BOTH the Parliament and the Executive Government?

• The Crown, the Prime Minister AND Ministers

• Ministers

• The Prime Minister

• The Crown

Briefly, the role of the Legislative branch/arm of government is to:

• apply the laws

• make laws

• enforce the laws

• decide if laws are broken

Australian Parliament is meant to make laws that....

• reflect the will of the minority of citizens

• benefit members of parliament

• reflect the will of the majority of citizens

• reflect the will of strong lobby groups or corporate interests such as Woodside

When citizens give their sovereign power to members of parliament as representatives to act on their behalf, it is said they ________ their power?

• discriminate

• donate

• donut

• delegate

Which of the following is NOT a reason why all Australian parliaments include the Crown (the monarch)?

• The Crown is part of the British Westminster system that Australia adopted

• Australia is a constitutional monarchy and the Crown is the head of state of Australia

• Australia was first established as a colony of Britain and inherited parts of their government

• The Crown has an important active role to play in the day-to-day running of Australia's government

For the Legislative arm to create LAW a bill must be signed by the Governor-General. This is known as:

• The First Reading

• The Committee Stage

• The Consideration-in-Detail

• Royal Assent

The concept whereby a Legislative branch has TWO debating chambers of Parliament is known as:

• unicameralism

• bicameralism

• constitutionalism

• parliamentary sovereignty