Politics of Australia

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Politics of Australia encompasses the federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy through which the country is governed, including its institutions, parties, elections, and intergovernmental relations across all states and territories.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political system ⓘ
capitalCity Canberra ⓘ
constitution Constitution of Australia ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentMethod national referendum ⓘ
constitutionalSystem Westminster system ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
dominantCoalitionPattern Liberal–National Coalition vs Australian Labor Party ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse instant-runoff voting ⓘ
electoralSystemUpperHouse single transferable vote ⓘ
executiveAccountability responsible to House of Representatives ⓘ
executiveBranch Cabinet of Australia ⓘ
federalDivision Commonwealth government ⓘ
local governments ⓘ
state governments ⓘ
territory governments ⓘ
federalStructure federal system ⓘ
federationDate 1901 ⓘ
foundationalEvent federation of Australia ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
federal parliamentary democracy ⓘ
headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
headOfState monarch of Australia ⓘ
intergovernmentalMechanism Council on Federal Financial Relations ⓘ
National Cabinet ⓘ
internationalOrganizationMembership Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
G20 ⓘ
OECD ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
World Trade Organization ⓘ
judiciary High Court of Australia ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Australia ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
majorPoliticalParty Australian Labor Party ⓘ
Liberal Party of Australia ⓘ
National Party of Australia ⓘ
monarchTitle King of Australia ⓘ
numberOfMainlandTerritories 2 ⓘ
numberOfStates 6 ⓘ
parliamentSeat Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
parliamentStructure bicameral legislature ⓘ
partyDiscipline strong party discipline in parliament ⓘ
partySystem multi-party system ⓘ
referendumRequirement double majority ⓘ
representativeOfMonarch Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
significantPoliticalParty Australian Greens ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Australia ⓘ
votingAge 18 ⓘ
votingRequirement compulsory voting ⓘ

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

Politics of New South Wales → isPartOf → Politics of Australia ⓘ
New South Wales state election → partOf → Australian electoral system ⓘ
linked to: Politics of Australia
Tim Crakanthorp → sphereOfActivity → Australian politics ⓘ
linked to: Politics of Australia
3AW → contentFocus → Australian politics ⓘ
linked to: Politics of Australia