Australian Political System



Australian Political System

Introduction

For the study of political systems of Australia we require prior knowledge of its definition as concepts and an explanation of its meaning. The notion of political system refers to all institutions, organizations and political processes, characterized by a degree of interdependence, govern and make life policy of a particular community. Australia is a country of the southern hemisphere whose area covers most of Oceania. In addition to the island of the same name, also includes Australia Tasmania and other islands of the oceans Southern, Pacific and Indian. A country cannot be properly understood without a basic knowledge of its institutional and political system, at the heart of its operation, but also the source of the mood and opinions of its population (Martin, 1990). The political system of Australia is, of course, largely inspired by the democracies of Europe and North America, but it is also unique in many ways.

The Australian Constitution

Australia political organization was set by the Constitution of 1901, the first to be enacted in the country and remained unchanged since then. Australian Confederation was under the Crown in the UK and that is a parliamentary monarchy. The head of state was Queen Elizabeth II represented by a place on the Governor General and six governors, one for each of the six states that make up the Confederation. The state structure was modeled on the English monarch with a bicameral parliament and a clear separation between the three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The Governor General's powers are those of a normal head of state: he was appointed by the Queen, may dissolve Parliament, appoints ministers, he was the head of the armed forces, appoint judges, in exercising functions must however first to refer to the Prime Minister. The Australian federal government was created by an act of British Parliament. The constitution was drafted by the British and thus becomes incomprehensible for any novice. Indeed, it does not reflect reality. In the Anglo-Saxon tradition, the Australian common law practice that is to say they govern or judge by custom rather than written texts in stone as in France. They have no Bill of Right (equivalent of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen). This is how we come to proprios entering his house without warning. We can also understand why the head of state of Australia is still the queen of England. Australia is a constitutional monarchy, the Prime Minister who governs, the Queen of England has a status of prestige.

Australia has seven parliaments: one federal and one for each of the six federal states and the two Territories have no executive or legislative autonomy. Under the Australian Constitution, the country is a federal state with a constitutional monarchy form of government. Politics in the country is part of a parliamentary democracy. The monarch of Great Britain is the monarch of Australia, and his power in the country represented by the Governor-General (Smith, 1994). The monarchy in Australia is largely ceremonial and ...