Across
- 4. To attempt to enlist popular and political support for some particular cause.
- 6. The power of an individual or party has by holding the casting vote.
- 10. The Lower House of Federal Parliament, sometimes called the People's House.
- 11. A document which sets out how an organisation or a country will be governed.
- 17. A serious criminal offence
- 18. When each senator must win a set proportion of votes, or quota, to win a Senate seat.
- 20. The Upper House of the Federal Parliament, sometimes called the State's house.
- 21. Half the number of formal votes received in an election plus one.
- 22. The standard of proof required in a criminal trial.
Down
- 1. A candidate or member of parliament who is not a member of a political party.
- 2. the standard of proof in civil traits.
- 3. A government without a voting majority, which relies on the support of other parties or independents.
- 5. A grading system based on order of importance.
- 7. A counting system that is designed to allow the majority of Australians to have their say in an election by stating the order in which they prefer candidates.
- 8. The party in a criminal or civil trail against whom an action has been brought.
- 9. An area of government responsibility, such as health or defence.
- 12. A vote on a proposed change to the Australian constitution. For it to pass, the majority of people in the majority of states must vote yes.
- 13. the group of select government ministers that meets regularly to decide major issues of government.
- 14. The number of votes that a Senate candidate must get to win a Senate seat.
- 15. Order in which voters list candidates at an election, after they have made their first choice.
- 16. a piece of paper on which a voter records their vote.
- 19. A government that becomes possible because two or more parties agree to work together, and hence gain the majority of the votes.