LESSON 12.2 How do political parties shape Australia’s democracy?
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this lesson you should be able to: • explain how political parties and independent representatives shape Australian democracy • describe how governments are formed and the role of the balance of power.
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FIGURE1 On the þoor of the House of Representatives
1. What differences can you see between the two sides of parliament? 2. Why do you think the parliament is arranged this way? 3. How might different political parties impact decision-making?
12.2.1 Political parties in Australian democracy In Australia we describe our system of government as a democracy because the people vote to decide who sits in the parliament to make our laws for us. State parliaments were mostly established in the six former colonies from the 1850s onwards, while the federal parliament came into being with federation
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