Australian government

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federal government public authority

The Australian government is the federal governing authority of Australia, responsible for national policy, legislation, and administration under a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Australian Government	42
Government of Australia	26
federal government of Australia	2
Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts	1
Australian federal government	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal government ⓘ public authority ⓘ
allowsVoteFromAge	18 ⓘ
budgetCycle	annual federal budget ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1901-01-01 ⓘ
canBeReviewedBy	High Court of Australia ⓘ surface form: High Court of Australia for constitutional validity
capital	Canberra ⓘ
constitutionalSystem	Westminster system ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
currentMonarch	Charles Philip Arthur George ⓘ surface form: Charles III
currentPrimeMinister	Anthony Albanese ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse	instant-runoff voting ⓘ
electoralSystemUpperHouse	single transferable vote ⓘ
executiveBranch	Cabinet of Australia ⓘ Executive Council ⓘ surface form: Federal Executive Council
fiscalYearStart	July 1 ⓘ
formedBy	federation of the Australian colonies ⓘ
foundationDocument	Australian Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Australia
governmentType	federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasAgency	Australian Federal Police ⓘ Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ⓘ Reserve Bank of Australia ⓘ
hasBranch	Australian Taxation Office ⓘ Department of Defence (Australia) ⓘ Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ⓘ Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ⓘ
hasCourtOfFinalAppeal	High Court of Australia ⓘ
headOfGovernment	prime minister of Australia ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of Australia ⓘ
internationalOrganizationMember	Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ G20 ⓘ OECD ⓘ United Nations ⓘ World Trade Organization ⓘ
isAccountableTo	Australian electorate ⓘ Parliament of Australia ⓘ
judicialBranch	High Court of Australia ⓘ Federal Court of Australia ⓘ surface form: federal courts of Australia
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
legislativeBranch	Parliament of Australia ⓘ
lowerHouse	House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
numberOfMainlandTerritories	2 ⓘ
numberOfStates	6 ⓘ
representativeOfMonarch	governor-general of Australia ⓘ
responsibleFor	Medicare (national public health insurance) ⓘ currency ⓘ customs and border protection ⓘ defence ⓘ federal criminal law ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ immigration ⓘ intelligence services oversight ⓘ national environmental regulation in federal areas ⓘ national infrastructure policy ⓘ national security ⓘ national taxation ⓘ postal services ⓘ social security at federal level ⓘ trade policy ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
sharesPowerWith	Queensland Government ⓘ surface form: state governments of Australia territory governments of Australia ⓘ
systemCharacteristics	constitutional monarchy ⓘ federalism ⓘ responsible government ⓘ separation of powers with some overlap ⓘ
upperHouse	Senate of Australia ⓘ
votingIs	compulsory for federal elections ⓘ