common Qs

• Can you revoke a contract?

  • No
  • you can revoke an offer but only BEFORE it is accepted
  • the deadline is issued before acceptance of the offer, once acceptance has occurred, the contract is formed
• executive government vs prime minister

  • prime minister - the leader of the political party with the majority of seats in the house of representatives
  • executive government - the branch of govt. responsible for making laws
• how is a prime minister elected

  1. citizens vote for a candidate to represent your electoral area in the House of Representatives
  2. the HoR has 151 seats. The political party (eg. liberal) that wins the most electoral areas (ie. wins the most seats in the HoR) becomes the prime minister
  3. to win, they need at least 76/151 votes