Everything you need to know about the role, function, structure and people of the Australian Parliament.
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Introducing our Parliament
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Understand Australia’s democratic system of government, including the separation of powers and responsible government.
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Explore how the power to make and manage law is shared in Australia with this interactive.
Fact sheet
This fact sheet examines Australia’s mixed system of government.
This fact sheet introduces the idea of democracy and explores the key principles of Australia’s democratic system of government.
The principle of the separation of powers distributes the power to govern between the Parliament, the Executive and the Judiciary.