Matilda's Civics Crossword

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Across
  1. 7. The state parliament upper house
  2. 9. the political party or coalition that holds the majority (at least 76) seats in the House of Representatives. Thet are able to introduce new laws.
  3. 10. The state parliament lower house
  4. 12. a person who has been elected to the parliament who does not belong to a major political party
  5. 13. Queensland only has a lower house which makes it a ______
  6. 14. The party with the second highest number of seats; seated opposite to government
  7. 15. The senate is associated with this colour
Down
  1. 1. This is where two or more political parties join together
  2. 2. a group of ministers responsible for an area such as education
  3. 3. the federal upper house
  4. 4. This area is dedicated to all other independent parties voted into the House of Representatives
  5. 5. There are 151 members in the House of
  6. 6. Australia's current Prime Minister
  7. 8. The house of representatives is represented with this colour
  8. 11. this is the name given to a draft law