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Description

This diagram illustrates the Australian federation.

The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of two tiers of governance:

• The federal tier includes the:
  • Parliament of Australia
  • Australian Government
  • High Court of Australia (& three federal courts)
• The sState/territory tier includes:
  • six state parliaments & two territory parliaments
  • six state governments & two territory governments
  • three state courts