Libby's Civics Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. This is the current prime minister.
  2. 4. Queensland is the only state with one house, this is called _____________.
  3. 6. The upper house in state parliament is called the legislative __________.
  4. 7. This is a name given to a draft law.
  5. 10. This is the lower house in state parliament. Legislative ______________.
  6. 11. The party with the second highest number of seats. They sit opposite of the government.
  7. 12. The political party or coalition that holds the majority (at least 76) seats in the House of Representatives. They are able to introduce new laws.
  8. 14. A person who has been elected to the parliament, who does not belong to a major political party.
  9. 15. The senate is the _________ house.
Down
  1. 1. This is where two or more political parties join together.
  2. 3. There are 151 members in the House of
  3. 5. This is the Queen's representative in Federal Parliament.
  4. 8. A group of ministers responsible for an area such as education.
  5. 9. This area is dedicated to all other independent parties voted into the House of Representatives.
  6. 13. This is placed in the middle of parliament when it is in session.