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Parliamentary Education Office, 2008. Please visit the Image Library page for important information about use of images.

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This diagram is about parliament and government.

More than 13 million Australians vote for federal representatives.

The Parliament of Australia is made up of 226 parliamentary representatives.

The government is part of the Parliament. It is the majority party in the House of Representatives.

The Executive is part of the government. It is made up of the prime minister and ministers.