Commonwealth government

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The Commonwealth government is the federal governing authority of Australia, responsible for national legislation, policy, and administration under the framework of the Australian Constitution.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal government ⓘ
public authority ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Australian Government ⓘ
Federal Government of Australia ⓘ
branch executive branch of Australia ⓘ
judicial branch of Australia ⓘ
legislative branch of Australia ⓘ
budgetAuthority Commonwealth budget of Australia ⓘ
capital Canberra ⓘ
constitutionalSystem Westminster system ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
dateEstablished 1901-01-01 ⓘ
electoralSystemForLowerHouse instant-runoff voting ⓘ
electoralSystemForUpperHouse single transferable vote ⓘ
executiveBody Cabinet of Australia ⓘ
Federal Executive Council ⓘ
linked to: Executive Council
foundedBy Australian Constitution ⓘ
governmentType federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasElections federal elections ⓘ
headOfGovernment prime minister of Australia ⓘ
headOfState monarch of Australia ⓘ
judicialBody High Court of Australia ⓘ
federal courts of Australia ⓘ
linked to: courts of Australia
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Australia ⓘ
legislativeChamber House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Senate of Australia ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Australia ⓘ
oversees Australian Public Service ⓘ
representativeOfHeadOfState governor-general of Australia ⓘ
responsibility Medicare and national health policy ⓘ
aviation and airports regulation ⓘ
census and national statistics ⓘ
currency and monetary policy ⓘ
customs and border protection ⓘ
defence ⓘ
foreign affairs and trade ⓘ
immigration and citizenship ⓘ
intellectual property law ⓘ
maritime and shipping regulation ⓘ
marriage and divorce law ⓘ
national legislation ⓘ
national taxation ⓘ
postal and telecommunications services ⓘ
social security and welfare ⓘ
territories administration ⓘ
trade and commerce with other countries ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
sharesPowerWith state governments of Australia ⓘ
territory governments of Australia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

Australian Constitution → bindingOn → Commonwealth government ⓘ
Members’ Hall → associatedWith → Australian federal government ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Politics of New South Wales → sharesPowersWith → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Royal Military College, Duntroon → foundedBy → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
subject linked to: RMC
linked to: Commonwealth government
Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 → governingBodySpecified → Commonwealth Government ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Australian Red Ensign → governingAuthority → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Australian Public Service → predecessor → Commonwealth Public Service ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Crown of Australia → legalPersonality → the state in right of the Commonwealth ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
United Australia Party → formedGovernment → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Commonwealth of Australia → alsoKnownAs → Commonwealth Government ⓘ
subject linked to: Commonwealth
linked to: Commonwealth government
English Republicans → favoredInstitution → Commonwealth government ⓘ
Liberal–National Coalition → governsOrOpposes → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
John Smith Murdoch → employer → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
New Parliament House → symbolizes → federal government of Australia ⓘ
subject linked to: new Parliament House complex
linked to: Commonwealth government
Department of Treasury and Finance (Victoria) → worksWith → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Politics of Australia → federalDivision → Commonwealth government ⓘ
The Nationals (Australia) → governsInCoalition → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Commonwealth scientific agencies in Australia → levelOfGovernment → Commonwealth Government ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Australian Film Commission → operatedBy → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Commonwealth Act → governsLevelOfGovernment → federal government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
ACT Advisory Council → subordinateTo → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Lithgow Small Arms Factory → operatedBy → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Lithgow Small Arms Factory → establishedBy → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
White Australia policy → implementedBy → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Section 61 of the Constitution of Australia → appliesTo → Commonwealth of Australia government ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government
Family Court of Western Australia → fundedBy → Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth government