Across
- 5. postpone
- 6. a proposal for a new law which has been presented to Parliament
- 7. The Queen in Parliament
- 8. a person who gives evidence to the court
- 9. the group of senior ministers in a government
- 14. a vote where a voter appears to make no choice among the candidates
- 15. the forming of a nation by the union of a number of states
- 16. Council the council of ministers which advises the Governor-General and gives legal form to cabinet decisions
- 25. the oldest political party in Australia
- 26. a law made by Parliament
- 27. the second chamber in a two-chamber Parliament
- 29. having two chambers or houses
- 30. the first stage in the progress through a house of a bill
- 31. a way of governing a country in which the people elect representatives to form a government
- 33. a standing committee of the Senate which inquires into bills
- 34. the second stage of the passage of a bill
- 35. the joining together of two or more groups or parties
- 36. the head of the national government
- 37. the seat in which the presiding officer sits in the chamber
- 42. a vote in Parliament in which members are free to vote according to their own judgment or belief
- 43. the representative of the Queen in Australia at the federal level
- 44. a political party formed in 1977
- 45. a formal discussion in a house on a bill
- 47. a government formed from more than one political party
- 48. a numbered supply in a bill
- 49. having to do with the national Parliament or government rather that state parliaments or governments
- 50. able to be called on to explain their actions.
Down
- 1. a member of the Australian Senate
- 2. a procedure which sets time limits on the passage of a bill or motion
- 3. a legislative body in any of various other countries.
- 4. a house of a two-chamber Parliament
- 10. the meeting room of a house of Parliament
- 11. a member of Parliament who does not belong to a political party
- 12. the name of the lower house of Parliament in South Australia and Tasmania
- 13. law based on custom or court decisions
- 17. More than half the total votes
- 18. a debate in which two or more related matters are discussed at the same time
- 19. the series of actions which result in a law being made
- 20. the final stage in the passage of a bill through a house of Parliament
- 21. law made by the executive government under an Act of Parliament
- 22. Representatives the area containing Senators and Members seats
- 23. the power to interpret or apply the law in particular cases
- 24. the power to make and change laws
- 28. the first speech in Parliament by a newly-elected member
- 32. the court set up under the Australian Constitution to decide matters arising under the Constitution
- 38. an official public announcement
- 39. the people of a nation or state
- 40. a vote by all voters on a question
- 41. consisting of one chamber or house
- 46. a place for a member in a house of Parliament