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This chapter was contributed by the Politics and Public Administration Section of Library of the Commonwealth Parliament (September 2006).
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Australia has a federal system of government within which there are four divisions: Commonwealth, state, territory and local.
This chapter outlines the basic features of the Australian system of government, including:
- constitutional basis of government
- the Sovereign
- the Governor-General
- Commonwealth Parliament
- Australian Government
- Australian Public Service
- Commonwealth elections
- state government
- territory government - self-governing
- territory government - non-self governing
- local government
- political parties.
It also provides details of the Commonwealth ministry, and of the state and territory government leaders.
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