Year 9 2025 - Civics & Citizenship

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Across
  1. 3. a proposal for new legislation or an amendment to existing legislation that is presented for debate and approval in Parliament.
  2. 5. an alliance or partnership between different political parties or groups that come together to form a majority in government
  3. 6. how many Senators are elected at each Federal Election
  4. 8. a voting system which requires an absolute majority for someone to win.
  5. 10. head of government in a state in Australia
  6. 14. a geographical area of voters
  7. 15. formed by Robert Menzies in 1944, a center-right political party that would unite various conservative group
Down
  1. 1. in Australia, voting is of this nature.
  2. 2. the lower house in the Federal parliament
  3. 4. a political candidate not affiliated with any party
  4. 7. the party that holds the second largest number of seats in the House of Representative, after the party/parties that form government.
  5. 9. a system of government in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions and create laws on their behalf
  6. 11. The proportional number of votes required to secure a seat in the Senate.
  7. 12. pertaining to a system of government where power is shared between a central authority and regional units
  8. 13. also known as the 'House of Review' in federal parliament