Legislative power is the power to make laws. Parliament has the power to make and change the laws in Australia. Parliament is made up of representatives who are elected by the people of Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Executive power<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Executive power is the power to put the laws into practice. The Executive includes the Prime Minister, Australian government ministers and the Governor-General. Ministers are responsible for government departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Judicial power<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Judges have the power to interpret and apply the law. Courts and judges are independent of parliament and government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These powers are written into the Australian Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Australia\u2019s Head of State is the King of Australia, His Majesty King Charles III.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The King of Australia appoints the Governor-General as his representative in Australia, on advice from the Australian Prime Minister. The Governor-General acts independently of all political parties. The King does not have a day-to-day role in government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In each of the states there is a governor who represents the King in a role that is similar to the Governor-General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Constitutional monarchy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Australia is a constitutional monarchy, which means that the King is Australia\u2019s Head of State, but has to act in accordance with the Constitution. As the King does not live in Australia, his powers are delegated to the Governor-General in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Australian system of parliamentary democracy reflects British and North American traditions combined in a way that is uniquely Australian. In the Australian system, the leader of the Australian Government is the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The role of the Governor-General<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Governor-General is not part of the government and must remain neutral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Governor-General\u2019s role includes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Governor-General also has special powers known as \u2018reserve powers\u2019 that can only be used in specific circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Australian Constitution divides the power of government between the legislative (Parliament), executive(for example the Prime Minister and the Cabinet) and judicial powers (judges), to stop one person, or one group, from holding all the power. Legislative power Legislative power is the power to make laws. 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Legislative power Legislative power is the power to make laws. Parliament has the power to make and change the…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiecitizenshiptest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiecitizenshiptest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiecitizenshiptest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiecitizenshiptest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiecitizenshiptest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiecitizenshiptest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiecitizenshiptest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions\/2622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiecitizenshiptest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiecitizenshiptest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiecitizenshiptest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiecitizenshiptest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who is Australia\u2019s Head of State?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Who are some of Australia\u2019s leaders?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Head of State<\/strong><\/td> The King of Australia<\/td><\/tr> Governor-General<\/strong><\/td> The representative of the Head of State in Australia<\/td><\/tr> Governor<\/strong><\/td> The representative of the Head of State
in each Australian state<\/td><\/tr>Prime Minister<\/strong><\/td> The leader of the Australian Government<\/td><\/tr> Premier<\/strong><\/td> The leader of a state government<\/td><\/tr> Chief Minister<\/strong><\/td> The leader of a territory government<\/td><\/tr> Government minister<\/strong><\/td> A Member of Parliament chosen by a government
leader to be responsible for an area of government<\/td><\/tr>Member of Parliament (MP)<\/strong><\/td> An elected representative of the people in the
Australian Parliament or a state parliament<\/td><\/tr>Senator<\/strong><\/td> An elected representative of a state or territory in
the Australian Parliament<\/td><\/tr>Mayor or Shire President<\/strong><\/td> The leader of a local government<\/td><\/tr> Councillor<\/strong><\/td> An elected member of a local council<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"