Across
- 4. eligible age to vote
- 6. a person standing for election
- 9. when women were given the right to vote in federal elections
- 10. queens representative
- 12. when all aboriginals were given the right to vote in federal elections
- 14. six years
- 19. the amount of members each state is represented by
- 20. upper house
Down
- 1. number of votes to win
- 2. area that is represented by an elected member in parliament
- 3. second largest political party
- 5. do not belong to a political party
- 7. lower house
- 8. elected members of parliament who make decisions for the state or nation
- 11. legal rules used to govern the way people act and behave
- 13. something they promise to the country
- 15. a temporary political alliance
- 16. consists of two houses
- 17. the national or state law making body made up of elected representatives in both upper and lower house
- 18. number of votes a candidate must receive before they are elected
