Parliament Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. a debate in which two or more related matters are discussed at the same time
  2. 4. the head of the national government
  3. 7. More than half the total votes
  4. 9. a house of a two-chamber Parliament
  5. 10. a numbered supply in a bill
  6. 11. the first speech in Parliament by a newly-elected member
  7. 14. the final stage in the passage of a bill through a house of Parliament
  8. 16. the first stage in the progress through a house of a bill
  9. 18. a law made by Parliament
  10. 21. a member of the Australian Senate
  11. 22. able to be called on to explain their actions.
  12. 23. a member of Parliament who does not belong to a political party
  13. 24. law based on custom or court decisions
  14. 26. the oldest political party in Australia
  15. 29. the representative of the Queen in Australia at the federal level
  16. 30. the forming of a nation by the union of a number of states
  17. 32. a procedure which sets time limits on the passage of a bill or motion
  18. 36. the series of actions which result in a law being made
  19. 37. the people of a nation or state
  20. 38. consisting of one chamber or house
  21. 39. postpone
  22. 40. a legislative body in any of various other countries.
  23. 45. the court set up under the Australian Constitution to decide matters arising under the Constitution
  24. 47. a way of governing a country in which the people elect representatives to form a government
  25. 48. a formal discussion in a house on a bill
  26. 49. the second chamber in a two-chamber Parliament
  27. 50. having to do with the national Parliament or government rather that state parliaments or governments
Down
  1. 1. a person who gives evidence to the court
  2. 2. Council the council of ministers which advises the Governor-General and gives legal form to cabinet decisions
  3. 5. a government formed from more than one political party
  4. 6. a proposal for a new law which has been presented to Parliament
  5. 8. a standing committee of the Senate which inquires into bills
  6. 12. a vote in Parliament in which members are free to vote according to their own judgment or belief
  7. 13. the seat in which the presiding officer sits in the chamber
  8. 15. law made by the executive government under an Act of Parliament
  9. 17. a place for a member in a house of Parliament
  10. 19. the group of senior ministers in a government
  11. 20. a political party formed in 1977
  12. 25. the power to interpret or apply the law in particular cases
  13. 27. the second stage of the passage of a bill
  14. 28. a vote by all voters on a question
  15. 31. a vote where a voter appears to make no choice among the candidates
  16. 33. the name of the lower house of Parliament in South Australia and Tasmania
  17. 34. the power to make and change laws
  18. 35. an official public announcement
  19. 41. The Queen in Parliament
  20. 42. the joining together of two or more groups or parties
  21. 43. the meeting room of a house of Parliament
  22. 44. having two chambers or houses
  23. 46. Representatives the area containing Senators and Members seats