Commonwealth

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The Commonwealth is the federal government of Australia, encompassing national institutions and powers that operate across all Australian states and territories.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Commonwealth canonical 4
the Commonwealth 2
Commonwealth reserve 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional monarchy ⓘ
federal state ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Commonwealth Government ⓘ
constitutionalMonarch King Charles III ⓘ
constitutionalSystem Westminster system ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
dateOfFormation 1901-01-01 ⓘ
executiveBody Australian Government ⓘ
federalStructure federation of states and territories ⓘ
formedBy federation of six British colonies ⓘ
governs Australian states ⓘ
Australian territories ⓘ
hasCapital Canberra ⓘ
hasConstitution Constitution of Australia ⓘ
hasPowerOver defence ⓘ
foreign affairs ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
social security ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
trade and commerce ⓘ
headOfGovernment prime minister of Australia ⓘ
headOfState monarch of Australia ⓘ
includesTerritory Australian Capital Territory ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
judicialBody High Court of Australia ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Australia ⓘ
lowerHouse Australian House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOf Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ⓘ
Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ⓘ
linked to: OECD

United Nations ⓘ
World Trade Organization ⓘ
nationalCurrency Australian dollar ⓘ
nationalEmblem Commonwealth Coat of Arms ⓘ
nationalFlag Flag of Australia ⓘ
nationalLanguage English ⓘ
nationalParliamentLocation Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
shortName the Commonwealth ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth
sovereigntyRecognized 1901 ⓘ
upperHouse Australian Senate ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Australia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Division of Kooyong → federalLevel → Commonwealth ⓘ
Crown in right of Australia → canBeSuedAs → the Commonwealth ⓘ
subject linked to: the Crown in right of Australia
linked to: Commonwealth
Christmas Island National Park → hasLegalStatus → Commonwealth reserve ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Australia → shortName → the Commonwealth ⓘ
subject linked to: Commonwealth
linked to: Commonwealth
Division of Braddon → electorateLevel → Commonwealth ⓘ
subject linked to: federal Division of Braddon