Political Assignment: Australias Government 1901

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The Australia’s government was established in 1901. The government is characterized by federal cultural form of a policy which is shaped by Australia’s incumbent political party and in a manner that reflects the party’s distinctive ideology. The idiosyncratic political philosophies held by the parties have been major forces in influencing the changing cultural policy shape in varied ways. Even though ALP and Coalition political parties have however become less differentiated as they respond to similar international political and economic challenges, they still represent two distinct methods of governance.[Kincaid, John. "In Memoriam: Ronald L. Watts." Publius: The Journal of Federalism 46, no. 2 (2015): 143-46. doi:10.1093/publius/pjv044.]
Australia has a federal parliament with two houses: the Senate and House of Representatives. Senators and members in both Houses are elected under distinctive preferential or categorized voting systems. Senators and members are elected to serve six-year term. However, half of Australia’s Senate is elected after three years while the House (members) sits for not more than three years. The Governor-General is the head of state in a constitutional monarchy Australia, which also has British monarch. The parliamentary government system is largely founded like the Westminster system in the UK. However, the dominant federal system, with the foundation and role of the Senate, was influenced the US’ system.[Wiener, Jonathan B., and Alberto Alemanno. "Comparing Regulatory Oversight Bodies Across the Atlantic: The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the US and the Impact Assessment Board in the EU." Comparative Administrative Law. doi:10.4337/9781849808101.00029.]
The Parliament’s legislative powers are described by the Australian Constitution. The Constitution also describes the roles the speaker of the House as well as the Senate’s President. Australia’s legislative process consists of debates as well as voting which is done in three key stages in same in both the House and the Senate. Both the House and the Senate work with committee systems which examine bills presented in detail and also inquire into government administration or other matters concerning policy.[Gauja, Anika, and Graeme Orr. "Regulating ‘third parties’ as electoral actors: Comparative insights and questions for democracy." Interest Groups & Advocacy 4, no. 3 (2015): 249-71. doi:10.1057/iga.2015.2]
The two main Australia’s political parties, Coalition and ALP represent two distinctive ways of governance that are based on parties’ distinctive political ideologies. Their differences go beyond the country and into the external sphere. It states the main goal to gain power which in return helps them pursue their specific national ...