Worksheets12 Federalism
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Federalism is a system...
dictatorship used in Germany in the 1940's
of government with a national level & at least 2 regional governments
of government with only one level of government
of government that has a monarch and four levels of government
Who was the first appointed Governor General of Australia?
Sir John Kerr
Peter Cosgrove
Edmund Barton
Lord Hopetoun
Which was not a reason the Australian colonies decided to federate?
The fear of invasion by the Germans, Russians & Japanese
Internal trade barriers
Chinese immigrants and Kanak labourers in Queensland
Free settlers were going wild because there was too much open space
People who want wider national powers so as to meet the challenges of new policy development are called...
centralists
states' righters
fascists
states' wrongers
Australia became a federation on...
01/10/1900
01/01/1901
10/10/1901
01/01/1900
Where the central level of government possesses & exercises significantly more power than the states is ...
fiscal federalism
co-operative federalism
co-ordinate federalism
coercive federalism
Division of powers is
residual + excellent + concurrent
concurrent + exclusive + residual
reliable + conduit + exclusive
legislature + executive + judiciary
Exclusive powers are those only granted to the Commonwealth, example is...
s51
s128
s107
s52
Which is NOT relevant to the idea of 'concurrent' powers?
s51
they reside with the States
they are shared between the Commonwealth and the States
they are enumerated in the Constitution
The states were 'legally free, but bound to the financial chariot wheels of the central government'. Who said this?
Edmund Barton in 1899
Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788
Sir Henry Parkes in 1901
Alfred Deakin in 1902
Which statutory authority recommends how the revenue raised from the GST is distributed to the States & Territories?
Commonwealth Grants Commission
Commonwealth Bank
The Loans Council
The Council of Australian Governments
What are the 'Institutions' of Federalism?
SPPs + GPPs + VFI +HFE
C/w Grants Commission + COAG + High Court + Constitution
COAF + High Court + Commonwealth Bank
The Asset Recycling Scheme + The National Redress Scheme
Which Referenda didn't expand C/w powers?
1910 & 1928 States' Debts
1946 Social Services
1977 Retirement of Judges
1967 Indigenous legislation
The transfer of an area of authority of a State parliament to the C/w parliament under s51xxxvii is...
Referenda
Referral of powers
Unchallenged Legislation
Co-operative arrangements with the C/w
1974 Tasmania & Sth Australia gave control of their rural railways to the C/w, is an example of...
a successful referenda
a referral of power
an unchallenged piece of legislation
sheer brilliance to get rid of debt by a State
Which sections of the Constitution enabled Howard to pass the 2002 Suppression of Terrorist Bombings Act...
s51ii + s128
s86 + s90
s51vi + s51xxix
s105 + s107
CSIRO and the Snowy Mt Scheme are examples of...
Unchallenged Legislation
Referral of powers
Referenda
High Court Decisions
Which is most correct regarding the 1997 Uniform Gun laws?
Howard + unchallenged legislation + mirror legislation
Howard + referral of powers + NRA
Port Lincoln + Howard + referenda
Turnbull + Abbott + disastrous duo
COAG stands for...
Council of Austrian Governments
Council of Agrarian Governments
Council of Australian Governments
Committee of Australian Governments
Which has had the greatest impact on changing the federal balance of power in Australia?
Referral of powers
Unchallenged Legislation
High Court decisions
Referenda
