Politics of Australia

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Politics of Australia encompasses the federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy through which the country is governed, including its institutions, parties, elections, and intergovernmental relations across all states and territories.

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Australian electoral system 1
Politics of Australia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political system
capitalCity Canberra
constitution Australian Constitution
surface form: Constitution of Australia
constitutionalAmendmentMethod national referendum
constitutionalSystem Westminster system
country Australia
dominantCoalitionPattern Liberal–National Coalition
surface form: Liberal–National Coalition vs Australian Labor Party
electoralSystemLowerHouse instant-runoff voting
electoralSystemUpperHouse single transferable vote
executiveAccountability responsible to House of Representatives
executiveBranch Cabinet of Australia
federalDivision Commonwealth government
local governments
state governments
territory governments
federalStructure federal system
federationDate 1901
foundationalEvent Australian federation movement
surface form: federation of Australia
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
federal parliamentary democracy
headOfGovernment Prime Minister
surface form: Prime Minister of Australia
headOfState monarch of Australia
intergovernmentalMechanism Council on Federal Financial Relations
National Cabinet
internationalOrganizationMembership Commonwealth of Nations
G20
OECD
United Nations
World Trade Organization
judiciary High Court of Australia
legalSystem common law
legislature Parliament of Australia
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Australia
majorPoliticalParty Australian Labor Party
Liberal Party of Australia
National Party of Australia
monarchTitle King of Australia
numberOfMainlandTerritories 2
numberOfStates 6
parliamentSeat Parliament House, Canberra
parliamentStructure bicameral legislature
partyDiscipline strong party discipline in parliament
partySystem multi-party system
referendumRequirement double majority
representativeOfMonarch Governor-General of Australia
significantPoliticalParty Australian Greens
upperHouse Senate of Australia
votingAge 18
votingRequirement compulsory voting

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Politics of New South Wales isPartOf Politics of Australia
New South Wales state election partOf Politics of Australia
this entity surface form: Australian electoral system