Parliament and Government

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Across
  1. 4. The process of the Crown signing off on bills that have already passed both houses of Parliament(5,6)
  2. 6. The term used to describe a parliament that has two houses (9)
  3. 8. a area comprising a set number of voters who elect a member of parliament (10)
  4. 9. The Parliament is a ____ (3) making body
  5. 10. a specific course of action that is adopted by a political party to achieve defined outcomes.
  6. 11. The colour used to represent the upper house of both the Victorian and Commonwealth parliaments (3)
  7. 12. The colour used to represent the lower house of both the Victorian and Commonwealth parliaments (5)
  8. 13. The upper house of the Commonwealth Parliament (6)
  9. 15. The lower house of the Commonwealth Parliament(5,2,15)
  10. 16. someone elected to parliament who does not belong to a political party (11)
  11. 17. an assembly of elected representatives with an Upper House and a Lower House together with a Head of State (10)
Down
  1. 1. The leader of the Commonwealth Government is known as this (5,8)
  2. 2. Another term for the senate (6, 5)
  3. 3. The lower house of the Victorian Parliament (11, 8)
  4. 5. The upper house of the Victorian Parliament (11,7)
  5. 7. Represents the Queen in Australia (8, 7)
  6. 12. The political party or coalition of parties with the most seats in the lower house of parliament (10)
  7. 14. The current Governor of Victoria (5,6)