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

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (78)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian National Heritage List → administeredBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Commonwealth Heritage List → administeredBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Corporations Act 2001 → administeredBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Jervis Bay Territory → administeredBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Norfolk Island → administeredBy → Australian government ⓘ
Treasury (Australia) → advises → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Chief of the Defence Force → appointedOnAdviceOf → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Army Reserve → controlledBy → Australian government ⓘ
subject surface form: Army Reserve (Australia)
this entity surface form: Australian Government
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
Commandant ADFA → employer → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Dominion of Australia → executiveBranch → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
Parliamentary Library of Australia → focusesOn → Australian government ⓘ
Department of Defence (Australia) → formedBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Commonwealth Bank of Australia → formerOwner → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
Australian Defence Force → foundedBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Australian Signals Directorate → foundedBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
Commonwealth Bank of Australia → foundedBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
National Australia Day Council → foundedBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
National Portrait Gallery of Australia → fundedBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
NGA → fundingSource → Australian government ⓘ
subject surface form: National Gallery of Australia
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone → governedBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Australia/Melbourne → governingAuthorityForRules → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Christmas Island → governingBody → Australian government ⓘ
Cocos (Keeling) Islands → governingBody → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Foundation Day → governingBody → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
National Gallery of Australia → governingBody → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
NGA → governingBody → Australian government ⓘ
subject surface form: National Gallery of Australia
this entity surface form: Australian Government
National Museum of Australia → governingBody → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
the House → hasJurisdiction → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal government of Australia
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
Darug people → heritageRecognisedBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
this entity surface form: federal government of Australia
Government of New South Wales → interactsWith → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
Australian Space Agency → jurisdiction → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
Treasury (Australia) → jurisdiction → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
Council of Australian Governments → member → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
Beef Capital of Australia → notOfficialTitleOf → Australian government ⓘ
Foundation Day → observedBy → Australian government ⓘ
Advance Australia Fair → officialStatusGrantedBy → Australian government ⓘ
National Portrait Gallery of Australia → operatedBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Australia
Parks Australia → operatedBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
National Museum of Australia → operator → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
this entity surface form: Australian Government
Australian National Botanic Gardens → ownedBy → Australian government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Government
this entity surface form: Government of Australia