Australian Law Test Term 1

• The High Court has the power to declare laws invalid if they are inconsistent with the Constitution.
• State Parliaments have exclusive jurisdiction over certain areas such as criminal offences, civil wrongs, property rights, and family relationships.
• What are the three separation of powers?

  Legislative, Executive, Judiciary
• What are the three division of powers?

  Federal, State, Local
• What are the four rights to vote?

  18 years old or over, an Australian citizen, not serving a jail sentence, registered to vote on the electoral role
• What is civil law?

  Civil law is a legal system that focuses on resolving disputes between individuals or organizations.
• What is criminal law?

  The branch of law that deals with offenses committed against society.
• What are the six main points in multiculturalism?

  language, religion/belief, family, food, work, celebrations/festivities
• What are the 2 types of voting?

  Post voting and preferential voting
• How does post voting work?

  This system calculates the candidate who has the most votes
• How does preferential voting work?

  This system first rounds tallies up to each candidates’ first preferences