Australian constitutional monarchy

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The Australian constitutional monarchy is a system of government in which Australia recognizes the British monarch as its ceremonial head of state within a democratic, parliamentary framework defined by the Australian Constitution.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional monarchy ⓘ
system of government ⓘ
allows multi-party system ⓘ
amendmentProcess national referendum under section 128 of the Constitution ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple responsible government ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
cabinetResponsibleTo House of Representatives ⓘ
cameIntoEffectOn 1901-01-01 ⓘ
ceremonialHeadOfState British monarch ⓘ
constitutionalConvention monarch acts on advice of Australian ministers ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
crisisPower reserve powers of the Crown ⓘ
currencyDepicts portrait of the monarch on some coins ⓘ
currentMonarch Charles III ⓘ
definedBy Australian Constitution ⓘ
executivePowerExercisedBy Federal Executive Council ⓘ
linked to: Executive Council

Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
executivePowerVestedIn King in Council ⓘ
governmentType Westminster system ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
governorGeneralAppointedBy monarch of Australia ⓘ
governorGeneralAppointedOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ
headOfState monarch of Australia ⓘ
headOfStateRole largely ceremonial ⓘ
historicalOrigin British Empire ⓘ
judicialPowerVestedIn High Court of Australia ⓘ
keptMonarchyAfterReferendum 1999 ⓘ
legalSystemBasedOn common law ⓘ
legislativePowerVestedIn Parliament of Australia ⓘ
monarchTitle King of Australia ⓘ
Queen of Australia ⓘ
nationalSymbolsLinkedToMonarchy Royal Australian Mint ⓘ
Royal Coat of Arms of Australia ⓘ
notableUseOfReservePowers 1975 Australian constitutional crisis ⓘ
originatedFrom federation of the Australian colonies ⓘ
parliamentarySovereigntyLimitedBy written constitution ⓘ
parliamentComponents House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
realExecutivePower Prime Minister and Cabinet ⓘ
referendumOnBecomingRepublic 1999 Australian republic referendum ⓘ
representativeOfMonarchFederally Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
representativeOfMonarchInStates state governors ⓘ
successionLawInfluencedBy British succession law ⓘ
successionLawModifiedBy Australian legislation ⓘ
symbolicRoleOfMonarch symbol of continuity and unity ⓘ

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

Governor-General of Australia → isPartOf → Australian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Crown in right of New South Wales → partOf → Australian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Crown in right of Victoria → partOf → Australian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Crown in right of Queensland → partOf → Australian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Crown in right of Western Australia → partOf → Australian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Crown in right of South Australia → partOf → Australian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Crown in right of Tasmania → partOf → Australian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Royal Standard of Australia → category → Monarchy of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Australian constitutional monarchy
Royal Style and Titles Act 1973 → subject → Australian monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Australian constitutional monarchy
Royal Style and Titles Act 1973 → relatedTo → Australian monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Australian constitutional monarchy
Government Houses of Australia → associatedWith → Australian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
1999 Australian republic referendum → outcome → Australia remained a constitutional monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Australian constitutional monarchy
Crown in right of Queensland → constitutionalBasis → Australian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Crown in right of Western Australia → partOf → Australian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Crown in right of the Northern Territory → partOf → Australian constitutional monarchy ⓘ