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Across
  1. 3. the group of senior ministers in a government
  2. 5. a formal discussion in a house on a bill or other topic in which different views are put to arrive at a decision
  3. 7. the seats where such members sit
  4. 9. in Australia, an assembly of elected representatives, usually having an upper and a lower house which, with the head of state (the Queen, represented by the Governor-General or Governor), makes the laws for the country or state
  5. 11. a member of Parliament who is a member of the executive government, and who is usually in charge of a government department
  6. 13. the representative of the Queen in Australia at the federal level
  7. 17. a member of the Australian Senate
  8. 18. the Member who is elected by the House of Representatives as its presiding officer
  9. 19. a proposal for a new law which has been presented to Parliament
Down
  1. 1. having to do with the national Parliament or government rather that state parliaments or governments
  2. 2. a way of governing a country in which the people elect representatives to form a government on their behalf
  3. 4. the joining together of two or more groups or parties, usually to form a government or opposition
  4. 6. the body of persons entitled to vote in an election.
  5. 8. the seats where such members sit
  6. 10. a house of a two-chamber Parliament, usually having more members than the upper house, and whose members usually represent electorates with similar numbers of voters; the House of Representatives is the lower house in the Australian Federal Parliament
  7. 12. a group of persons with common political opinions and purposes organized for gaining political influence and governmental control and for directing government policy: the Republican party; the Democratic party.
  8. 14. the second largest political party or coalition of parties after the government party in the House of Representatives which works to oppose what it believes to be wrong in government policies or actions, and which stands ready to form a government should the voters so decide at the next or a subsequent election
  9. 15. a law made under the authority of an Act of Parliament
  10. 16. the meeting of the parliamentary members of a political party
  11. 17. One of the two houses of the federal Parliament of Australia, which has 76 Senators, 12 from each of the six states and two each from the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory, elected from each state and territory voting as one electorate