ASSESMENT TASKS:

10 MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1. Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?
A) Julia Gillard B) Tony Abbott C) Edmund Barton D) Gough Whitlam
2. How many levels of government are there?
A) 5 B) 3 C) 6 D) 10
3. What is the Queen's name?
A) Elizabeth B) Mary C) Diana D) Lauren
4. The current age to enrol to vote?
A) 32 B) 60 C) 18 D) 21
5. How much time before can you do you pre-poll vote?
A) Days B) Years C) Months D) every 3 years
6. The federal government looks after (may be more than one)
A) Taxation B) Pools C) Defence D) Transport
7. Who is the current political party running Australia?
A) Labour B) Liberal C) Greens D) Democrats
8. Who is eligible to vote?
A) Over 50 B) Over 21 C) Over 12 D) Over 18
9. What does the Parliament follow rules and laws from?
A) Constitution B) Handbook C) Referendum D) Manual
10. Can anybody change the law?
A) Yes B) No
5 TRUE OR FALSE:
1. There are 5 Prime Ministers T/F
2. There are 76 members in Senate T/F
3. Voting is optional T/F
4. There are 3 main levels of government T/F
5. Julia Gillard is the current prime minister T/F
CLOZE PASSAGE:
The decision-making body of the ......... government is Federal Parliament, which consists of two
houses the ........... of Representatives and the Senate and the leader of the federal government is
called the Prime Minister. The decision-making body of ..........government is the state parliament
which meets in the Parliament House of the particular state. Each state ...................., except for the
.................... Parliament, is made up of ........ houses and the leader is called Premier. The decision-
making body of local government is usually called the city .............. or shire council. and the head of
the Council is the .......... or Shire President.

WORD BANK:
FEDERAL TWO
QUEENSLAND MAYOR
COUNCIL HOUSE
STATE PARLIAMENT

MATCH THE WORD TO MEANING:
1. Prime Minister Non-governmental organization
2. Pressure Groups Head of country
3. Leader of State Give or register a say
4. Voting Premier
5. NGOs Keep governments more responsive