Government

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Across
  1. 5. - is an officer of the House of Representatives who is responsible for keeping order in the House of Representatives chamber and within the Parliament House building
  2. 6. - is a system of government where the people elect representatives to govern for them
  3. 8. - is the leader of the party which is second largest to the government in the House of Representatives, and which is made up of members and senators who do not support the government
  4. 10. - is a symbol of the authority of the House of Representatives and of the Speaker. It is carried by the Serjeant-at-Arms
  5. 11. - is a country ruled by one person who usually inherits the position, such as a king or queen
  6. 12. - is a senator and the opposition’s main spokesperson in the Senate. He or she leads the opposition party in the Senate
  7. 15. - is the set of rules by which Australia is governed
  8. 16. - is the building where the federal Parliament meets
  9. 17. - is the chief law officer of executive government and the minister responsible for the management of legal matters
  10. 18. - the person chosen to lead the parliamentary party or coalition of parties that wins the most seats in the House of Representatives
Down
  1. 1. - is a member, chosen by the government, who arranges and manages government business in the House of Representatives
  2. 2. – is the chief law officer of the federal Parliament
  3. 3. - is a senator and the government’s most senior minister in the Senate. He or she is chosen to lead the government party in the Senate
  4. 4. - is the person who is elected by the members of the House of Representatives as its presiding officer to run the parliamentary proceedings in the House of Representatives.
  5. 7. - is the representative of the Queen and the nominal head of national government in Australia
  6. 9. - is a system of government in which one person or group has total power to govern a country with no parliamentary opposition
  7. 13. - is one of two federal houses of the Australian Parliament, also known as the lower house
  8. 14. - is an elected legislative body which is one of the two federal houses of the Australian Parliament, also known as the upper house