Similarities Between American Government And Australian Government

When comparing the communist nation of China with the democratic nation of Australia many differences are apparent. The application of the legislative (law making and modifying function), executive (administrative function) and judiciary (law enforcing and dispute resolving function) is vastly different between the two nations as can see when we compare and contrast the underlying principles of each system of government. Firstly, both nations claim to uphold the concept of the rule of law, although due to corruptive forces surrounding the Chinese court system, this concept is often thwarted and equality before the law is not upheld. Within the constitutions of both nations the basic principles of separation of powers have been applied;

Merry Christmas! Christmas is a special time of the year. People all around the world enjoy the Christmas season. Some traditions are specific in their country. Australia and the United States share some traditions, however, other things are completely different.

Like the British, Australia is also a system of responsible government. The Government (the Prime Minister and cabinet) is responsible to parliament. This means that at any time, the parliament can remove the Government from office or force it to call an election. However, besides the known differences between both countries such as unlike Australia’s upper house, the UK’s upper house is not elected, in terms of being more democratic, Australian federal elections attracts more attention than British because of Australia’s use of Preferential

A branch is contained within most governments and constitutions is the Legislative branch, and the United States and Australia are no exceptions. The similarities of the first part or article, which addresses the Legislative branches of the governments, is they both have a form of Congress, although in Australia it is known as Parliament. The constitutions determine this when they say “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress” (U.S. Const. art. I, § 1), in reference to the constitution of the United States, and “The legislative power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in the Federal Parliament” (Aust. Const. part I, § 1), as said in the Australian constitution. Also, within the Congress or Parliament exists a Senate and a House of Representatives, and the constitutions both govern the Senate will provide equal representation each state, while the House of Representatives shall represent each state by population. They also possess a similarity when governing the terms of office for those in the House of Representatives and Senate. For example, in either country the members of the Senate are elected for a six year term. In the United States the Senate contains two senators for every state, and for Australia the Senate is composed six senators for each original state. Additionally, in the Australian Senate

The political system used within Australia should be that of an aristocracy. This is superior to that of the democratic society we live. Today I shall be discussing what an aristocracy is and why it is superior to other political systems. Some issues being addressed are the values of equality, despite the classes within an aristocracy and the rights for the upper class or rulers of their society to be just and uphold the idea of society as a whole opposed to that of a democracy where individuals are favoured. This is followed by the cons of the other political systems and lastly the military and defence, which is presented in an aristocratic society.

The Australian government system has been originally created in 1901 through the Constitution. With the fundamentals carved in the Constitution, the Australian System is often referred to as a ‘Washminster System’ as it is a hybrid of the Washington (US) and Westminster (UK) system of government. With the fusion of North America and the United Kingdom’s government systems, the phenomenon of the bicameral system was implemented in the Australian system. Bicameralism’s origins are from England and it was later established in the United States. Hence, the onset of the Australian system’s structures was anglocentric by reflecting the foundations and concepts of England. However, the concept of bicameralism is known to have existed since medieval times and has since been in the chronical of the Western political progress for centuries. Bicameralism is an important system in the Australian government. It refers to a government which consists of two chambers, or houses. Alike North America, the houses are known as the House of Representatives (the lower house) and the Senate (the upper house). On the other hand, in the United Kingdom, the chambers are known as the ‘House of Commons’ (the lower house) and the ‘House of Lords’ (the upper house). In 1789, North America altered their constitution in order to ratify how the American citizens were represented. Through bicameralism, the House of Representative would represent the people equally by population, whereas the Senate would

The Australian Legal System was around the 1700’s when Britain brought its own legal system over when they were setting up the colonies in Australia. Over a century or so Britain began granting limited rights to set up a local legal system within the British colonies. They were granted this right, and were able to develop their own laws and legal systems. The passing of the Australian Constitution began an independent legal system that formed part of the governmental system in Australia, which took place in 1901, and while the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia was indeed an Act of the British Parliament, Britain's involvement in the Australian Government begun to decrease. However, there was minor propulsion for Australia to procure

Good Morning fellow delegates; I am honoured to be here today to provide you with my opinion on if Australia is becoming too Americanised.

Australia is a Representative Democracy, which is an electoral system where the public gets to choose who represents them in both houses of parliament, the House of Representatives and the Senate. The people elect the candidates to which they would like to see who puts forward their interests and concerns. Those elected meet in parliament to discuss and make laws on behalf of the whole community. A translation of democracy means ‘the power of the people’ which comes from an ancient Greek and philosophical term. As a democracy, Australia has their own values and principles that are protected by the constitution and the law.

The “Australia transitioning into a republic” issue has resurfaced in recent years because the opinion is right. There is an inherent conflict between Australia's stated values and its structure. We claim to appreciate equality but allow our head of state to be decided through hereditary title. We function as a democracy but automatically surrender the highest position of legitimate honour to an unelected European monarch. Australia has earned her right to stand alone as a fully independent democracy; we have our own identity within the world.

The liberal government has closed over 17 detention centres which as so far saved Australia 3 billion dollars

Australia is good example for having different laws into the U.S. The most known law that’s different between the U.S and Australia is the gun law; the gun law strictly states that they control

Australia has a Bi-cameral government, a Senate and House of Representatives. Moreover, Section 44 of the Australian Constitution cites the provision of single citizenship for members of Congress.

From Japan to Australia to the countless places on this Earth, we have all heard and learned about the richest, biggest, most powerful, and also the poorest countries in school, but there are many not as well-known countries that many of us may not know about. This sparked my interest to look into some countries that we have heard about but never took the time to learn about them. One country that got my attention was Norway. We all know that Norway is the home of the Disney ice queen Elsa and her adventurous sister Anna, but Norway has much more to offer then catchy songs and flashy magic. Norway has had its up and downs through its early history, Norway if filled with cultures, and compared to America living in Norway is completely different.

The framers of the Australian Constitution designed a federal system of government that combined two fundamentally contrasting political concepts, responsible government drawn from the Westminster system, and federalism adopted from the American model of government. The framers objective to protect the independence of the former Australian British colonies after federation is evident in the records of the National Australasian Convention Debates (1891), and the Constitutional Assemblies held during the 1890’s (Evans 2010, pp. 14-16; Galligan 2001, p. 7; Olds 2015, p. 243). As a result, the Constitution implemented a federal system that comprised of two separate spheres; State government and Commonwealth government, and a bicameral parliament