Government in Australia
State and Territory Governments

Each state, and the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory, has its own government and parliament.

Most have two Houses of Parliament like the Commonwealth Government has. Both Queensland and the Northern Territory have just one house, the one most like the House of Representatives.

The state and territory parliaments work in the same way as the Commonwealth Parliament does. They make laws for their state or territory, and the Commonwealth Parliament makes laws for the whole country.

Each state and territory have elections for their parliament, and people in each electorate vote for someone to speak for them in Parliament.

Click on this site to find out about the flags and emblems of each state http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/aus2.html

If you use any of this information in your own work acknowledge this source in your bibliography like this:
Government in Australia (2003). [Online], Available: www.kidcyber.com.au

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Updated February 2003