Across
- 1. A person in which represents the queen on a commonwealth level
- 3. A formal choice vote of a person for a political role
- 5. A bill that has passed
- 8. A meeting of a parliamentary committee for oral evidence
- 10. Having two houses/chambers in a law-making body
- 11. One of the three powers under the constitution
- 13. Malcolm Turnbull is currently in this position
- 14. A way of governing a country, Australia governs this way
- 17. A way of voting where you vote for the candidates you want in your order of preference
- 20. A house in Parliament which 76 members sit in
- 21. A numbered provision in a bill. Once the bill becomes an act, a clause it known as a section
- 23. The minister of finance
- 24. Another word for Governor or Governor General
- 26. Laws, considered in a group
- 28. When voting, someone simply puts their choices in order they are listed on the ballot-paper
- 29. Stage 1,2 and 4 of the legislative process
- 31. Having to do with national Parliament or government
Down
- 1. A person in which represents the queen on a federal level
- 2. A house in Parliament which 150 members sit in
- 4. A member of parliament who is usually in charge of a government department
- 6. A place where a group of ministers in government talk in secrecy and nothing is released for 30 years
- 7. An assembly having an Upper and Lower house and head of state which makes laws for the country or state
- 9. Someone who applies for a job in parliament
- 12. Senate sit in this house in federal parliament
- 15. Having to do with the state Parliament or government
- 16. A written law passed by the legislative on the state or federal level
- 18. House Of Representatives sit in this house in federal parliament
- 19. The oldest political party in Australia
- 22. To put in your preferences for who to come into parliament
- 25. A Party founded in 1944
- 27. A proposal for a new law
- 30. An important head of Parliament