Parliament and Government

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Across
  1. 5. The colour used to represent the lower house of both the Victorian and Commonwealth parliaments (5)
  2. 6. The process of the Crown signing off on bills that have already passed both houses of Parliament(5,6)
  3. 9. The lower house of the Commonwealth Parliament(5,2,15)
  4. 11. an assembly of elected representatives with an Upper House and a Lower House together with a Head of State (10)
  5. 12. Represents the Queen in Australia (8, 7)
  6. 14. The political party or coalition of parties with the most seats in the lower house of parliament (10)
  7. 16. someone elected to parliament who does not belong to a political party (11)
  8. 17. The upper house of the Commonwealth Parliament (6)
  9. 18. The current Governor of Victoria (5,6)
Down
  1. 1. a area comprising a set number of voters who elect a member of parliament (10)
  2. 2. Another term for the senate (6, 5)
  3. 3. The term used to describe a parliament that has two houses (9)
  4. 4. The lower house of the Victorian Parliament (11, 8)
  5. 7. The upper house of the Victorian Parliament (11,7)
  6. 8. The colour used to represent the upper house of both the Victorian and Commonwealth parliaments (3)
  7. 10. The leader of the Commonwealth Government is known as this (5,8)
  8. 13. a specific course of action that is adopted by a political party to achieve defined outcomes.
  9. 15. The Parliament is a ____ (3) making body