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by Jeremy Moon (Editor), Campbell Sharman (Editor) "The centenary of federation marks the growth of the Commonwealth government from a single public servant on 1 January 1901 to its current role as..." (more)
Key Phrases: optional preferential system, fractionalization scores, major party groupings, New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia (more...)

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"The book is well documented and indexed. It would be very useful as either a reference work or as an introduction to Australian politics and could lead students into original analysis using links to the data set. Highly recommended." Choice

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This examination of the six states and two self-governing territorial, as well as national, governments reveals the variety and innovation which characterizes the government and politics of the Australian federation. Chapters by leading scholars in the field merge information and analysis for the specialist as well as the general reader. The work is an invaluable source for reference and teaching to anyone concerned with Australian politics.

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Paperback: 340 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (July 21, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521532051
ISBN-13: 978-0521532051
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
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The centenary of federation marks the growth of the Commonwealth government from a single public servant on 1 January 1901 to its current role as a national government with involvement, direct or indirect, in almost every area of public policy. Read the first page

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optional preferential system, fractionalization scores, major party groupings, first preference vote, affecting period, brokerage politics, preferential voting, territory elections, other minor parties, seat share, party majority, vote share, project database, compulsory voting, zonal system, portfolio responsibilities, coalition minority, legislative council, parliamentary support, alternative vote, territory politics, minority government, date the commission

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New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Northern Territory, Election Year, West Australian, One Nation, Australian Capital Territory, Australian Democrats, Constitution Act, High Court, Commonwealth Constitution, State Bank, United Australia Party, United States, Jack Lang, Queensland Labor, Alfred Deakin, Bannon Labor, Clare Martin, Commonwealth Grants Commission, John Cain, Liberal Movement

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This book cites 52 books:

The Politics of Development in Australia by Brian Head in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
Berkshire and Hampshire (British Railways Past & Present) (No.21) by Terry Gough on page 42, and Back Matter
True Believers: The Story of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party by John Faulkner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
New Developments in Australian Politics by Brian Galligan in Back Matter
The Bear Pit: A Life in Politics by Peter Collins in Back Matter

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4.0 out of 5 stars compare the Australian and American systems of government, March 15, 2009

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If you don't know much about the Australian political system, this book is as good a place to start as any. It describes the 3 levels of government, federal, state and local. Though the latter is only briefly covered. The federal-state relationship is like that in the United States, and historically was directly modelled as such. Just over a century ago, the Australians and British who put together the new nation copied a successful American arrangement. Inspired in part by the sheer size of Australia.

The Australian Senate is the direct analog of the US Senate. Virtually equivalent in powers to the House of Representatives. Unlike Canada, whose Senate has historically been a weak institution.

From the book, you can see an analysis of the Constitution. Like the US, Australia has an explicit Constitution. Which also has rules for how to amend it. But, a key difference from the US is the lack of a Bill of Rights. In this sense, a very British thing. In Australia, then, individual rights are governed by case law, that can in fact stretch back to cases in Britain itself.

Another difference from the US is that Australian states have less power than American states. Taxation is gathered at the federal level, and the federal government then disburses portions to the states each year. So the feds control the purse strings. Plus, there are no state militias. The Constitution was drawn up in the early 1900s, not too long after the American Civil War. So a parsing of the book might suggest, perhaps cynically, that the arrangement was meant to make separation and civil war much harder to achieve.

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