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A Guide to Government and Law in Australia (PDF)
A Guide to Government and Law in Australia
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Selected Sources (PDF)
| The Australian Constitution |
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| Citizenship Pledge |
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| Declaration of Human Rights |
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
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Middle Primary (Handouts)
Stories of the People and Rulers
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Rules and Laws
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We Remember
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Joining In
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Parliament versus Monarch
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The Law Rules
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The People Make a Nation
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People Power
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Middle Primary (RTFs)
Stories of the People and Rulers
FQ1: Who rules us?
FQ2: Should one person rule?
FQ3: Should the people rule?
FQ4: Who rules in Australia?
FQ5: How should a nation be ruled?
Rules and Laws
FQ1: Why do we need rules and laws?
FQ2: What is a rule and what is a law?
FQ3: Why should laws apply equally and be public?
FQ4: What are Aboriginal laws?
FQ5: How are laws made in Australia?
FQ6: What makes a good law?
We Remember
FQ1: Which symbols do Australians use to show who they are and what they value?
FQ2: Which symbols represent our democratic nation?
FQ3: How do we commemorate significant events and lives in Australia?
FQ4: How and why have Australian symbols and events changed over the years?
FQ5: Which symbols and events are relevant to the Australian nation today?
Joining In
Student Introduction
FQ1: Why do community groups exist?
FQ2: How do groups function?
FQ3: How do groups get things done?
FQ4: How can groups make a difference?
FQ5: How and where in the community can people join in?
Upper Primary (RTFs)
Parliament versus Monarch
FQ1: What does it mean to have absolute power?
FQ2: What is a parliament?
FQ3: What is the difference between 'divine right' and 'citizen's right'?
FQ4: How has the power moved from the monarch to the people?
FQ5: How does Australian parliamentary democracy reflect its British inheritance?
The Law Rules
FQ1: How do you get a fair trial?
FQ2: Who makes the law?
FQ3: Should the courts be independent?
FQ4: Should people be equal before the law?
FQ5: How does the law rule in Australia today?
The People Make a Nation
FQ1: Was Australia always organised in states and territories?
FQ2: What were the arguments for and against Federation?
FQ3: How did the people make a nation?
FQ4: How does the Australian federal system of government work?
People Power
FQ1: How did the Freedom Riders escalate the campaign for justice for Aboriginal people?
FQ2: How did groups of Australian workers bring about improvements in their working conditions?
FQ3: What have Equal Pay campaigners done to remove some of the discrimination against women in employment?
FQ4: In what ways can popular movements achieve change?
Lower Secondary (RTFs)
Should the People Rule?
Student Introduction
FQ1: Who rules us?
FQ2: What are the main types of government?
FQ3: What was it like to live in a democracy in Ancient Athens?
FQ4: How do the people rule in Australia?
Law
Student Introduction
FQ1: Why do we need laws?
FQ2: What are the sources of Australian law?
FQ3: How do we make laws today?
FQ4: Who has the final say about laws in Australia?
FQ5: How does Australia's legal system attempt to ensure fairness and to protect people?
Democratic Struggles
Student Introduction
FQ1: What is democracy and what was Australia like before we had it?
FQ2: How did democracy develop in Britain?
FQ3: What Influence did the Chartists have on the goldfields and did the struggle at Eureka contribute to the establishment of democracy in Australia?
FQ4: To what extent and when were the Chartists' six points achieved in Australia?
FQ5: Why didn't all adults get the vote at Federation and how did those excluded work to achieve it?
Men and Women in Political Life
Student Introduction
FQ1: What is 'political activity'?
FQ2: What can we learn from people who have worked in parliament?
FQ3: What can we learn from people who have worked outside parliament?
Middle Secondary (RTFs)
Parties Control Parliament
Student Introduction
FQ1: What role do political parties have in parliament and government?
FQ2: Who do Australia's political parties represent?
FQ3: How do parties select policies and campaign for government?
Human Rights
Student Introduction
FQ1: What are human rights?
FQ2: Where did human rights come from?
FQ3: Where have Australians' human rights come from and how are they protected?
FQ4: What is Australia's record on Indigenous people's rights?
A Democracy Destroyed
Student Introduction
FQ1: What are the features of a healthy democracy?
FQ2: How and why was democracy lost in Germany in 1933?
FQ3: Which people resisted the Nazis?
FQ4: What are the key features of a democracy and how did the Nazis take them away? How is democracy in Australia protected?
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