Across
- 2. leader of party with most members in House of Representatives
- 5. vote to change the constitution
- 8. formal written order issued by Governor-General with election date
- 10. branch of government responsible for making laws
- 12. person responsible for a government department eg immigration
- 15. also known as the upper house of Federal parliament or the house of review
- 16. union of all colonies into one Australian nation on 1 Jan 1901
- 17. has 2 chambers
- 18. a chosen group of 12 people who decide guilt or innocence based on evidence in a criminal trial
- 19. a document which sets out how the government will be run and its structure
Down
- 1. makes decisions to ensure laws are constitutional
- 3. has parliament and head of state is a monarch
- 4. represents the monarch in the parliamentary law-making process
- 6. needed for Constitution to be changed
- 7. highest court in WA
- 9. a proposed law
- 11. made up of Prime Minister, Ministers and Governor-General
- 13. level of government responsible for hospitals and police
- 14. a voting district
