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the people of Australia.</li> <li>Providing a place where government is formed.</li> <li>Keeping a check on the work of the government.</li> </ul> <h3>Law-making</h3> <p>To make or change a law, a bill must be introduced into the Parliament. Bills are then debated and voted on by members of parliament. To become a law a bill must be agreed to by a majority vote in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and be given Royal Assent by the Governor-General. Laws are also known as an Act of Parliament.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation">Bills and legislation</a></li> </ul> <h4>Parliamentary committees</h4> <p>Parliamentary committees investigate specific matters of policy or government administration or performance. Committees provide an opportunity for organisations and individuals to participate in policy making and to have their views placed on the public record and considered as part of the decision-making process.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/Parliamentary_Business/Committees">Committees</a></li> <li><a href="/About_Parliament/Senate/Practice_and_Procedure/Senate_Briefs/Brief04">Senate Brief no. 4 - Senate committees</a></li> <li><a href="/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/00_-_Infosheets/Infosheet_4_-_Committees">House of Representatives Infosheet no. 4 - Committees</a></li> </ul> <h3>Representing Australians</h3> <p>Members of parliament represent the views and interests of Australians.</p> <p>There are 151 members of Parliament elected to the <a href="/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives">House of Representatives</a>. Each member represents 1 of the 151 electorates in Australia. There is approximately the same number of voters in each electorate.</p> <p>Seventy-six senators are elected to the <a href="/About_Parliament/Senate">Senate</a> to represent Australian states and territories. There are 12 senators from each state and 2 senators each from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.</p> <p>Members of Parliament represent their electorates or states/territories by finding out about people's interests and concerns and by speaking about them in Parliament. Members of parliament assist constituents who may be having difficulties with issues such as pensions, migration and taxation.</p> <p>Members of parliament also represent Australians by considering how bills and decisions of Parliament will affect those in their electorate or state/territory.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/Senators_and_Members">Senators and members</a></li> </ul> <h3>Formation of government</h3> <p>The Parliament forms government from the party (or coalition of parties) which achieve a majority in the House of Representatives following a federal election. The senior members of federal and state governments are also known as the Executive or executive government.</p> <h4>Executive government</h4> <p>The Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor-General, who by convention under the Constitution, must appoint the parliamentary leader of the party, or coalition of parties, which has a majority of seats in the House of Representatives. This majority party becomes the government and provides the ministers, all of whom must be members of Parliament.</p> <p>The Federal Executive Council, referred to in the Constitution, comprises all ministers, with the Governor-General presiding. Its principal functions are to receive ministerial advice and approve the signing of formal documents such as proclamations, regulations, ordinances and statutory appointments.</p> <p>Australia operates under a Cabinet system of government. The Cabinet, not mentioned in the Constitution, is the key decision-making body of the government and comprises senior Government Ministers. The decisions of Cabinet are given legal effect by their formal ratification by the Federal Executive Council.</p> <ul> <li><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/parliament-and-its-people/government/government/" target="_blank">Parliamentary Education Office - Government</a></li> </ul> <h3>Checking the work of the government</h3> <p>The Parliament scrutinises the work of the government in several ways:</p> <ul> <li>investigating bills in debates and committees</li> <li>reviewing government decisions</li> <li>participating in <a href="/Parliamentary_Business/Senate_estimates">Senate estimates</a> hearings to investigate government expenditure</li> <li>questioning the government during question time in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.</li> </ul> <ul class="links" > </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row "> <div class="columns"> <h2>The Governor-General</h2> <p>The Governor-General is appointed by the King on the advice of the Prime Minister and performs a large number of functions which are defined by the Constitution. These fall roughly into three categories: constitutional and statutory duties, formal ceremonial duties, and non-ceremonial social duties. On virtually all matters, however, the Governor-General acts on the advice of the Ministry.</p> <ul> <li><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gg.gov.au/" target="_blank">Governor-General's website</a></li> </ul> <ul class="links" > </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row "> <div class="columns"> <h2>The Constitution</h2> <p>A constitution is a set of rules by which a country or state is governed.</p> <p>The Australian Constitution was created by a British Act called the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1901. Section 9 of this Act is headed 'Constitution' and contains eight chapters and 128 sections that make up the Australian Constitution.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/About_Parliament/Senate/Practice_and_Procedure/Constitution">The Constitution</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/the-australian-constitution/the-australian-constitution-in-focus/" target="_blank">Parliamentary Education Office - The Australian Constitution in focus</a></li> </ul> <ul class="links" > </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row "> <div class="columns"> <h2>Federation</h2> <p>Federation is the name given to the union of the six self-governing colonies of Australia on 1 January 1901, to form one nation as a union of states under a central authority.</p> <p>In the 1890s the colonies came together at special meetings called conventions to try to agree about how to form a new federal system of governance. Eventually they agreed on the rules of a federal system of governance that would run matters that concerned the whole country. The people of the colonies voted to accept this new constitution, which was then taken to the British Parliament, and Queen Victoria signed the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1901.</p> <ul> <li><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/history-of-parliament/federation/australias-federation/" target="_blank">Parliamentary Education Office - Australia's federation</a></li> <li><a href="/Help/404?item=web%3a%7bB4D1B4A4-B84A-4F64-B3C8-79069568A115%7d%40en">Records of the Australasian Federal Conventions of the 1890s</a></li> </ul> <ul class="links" > </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row "> <div class="columns"> <h2>Elections</h2> <p>The essence of a parliamentary democracy is that citizens elect representatives to make laws on their behalf. General elections are held every three years to elect all members to the House of Representatives and just half of all senators to the Senate. The Constitution sets out the essential rules for calling general elections. It is compulsory for Australian citizens 18 years and over to vote.</p> <ul> <li><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.aec.gov.au/" target="_blank">Australian Electoral Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/About_Parliament/Senate/Practice_and_Procedure/Senate_Briefs/Brief01">Senate Brief no. 1 - Electing Australia's senators</a></li> <li><a href="/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/00_-_Infosheets/Infosheet_8_-_Elections_for_the_House_of_Representatives">House of Representatives Infosheet no. 8 - Elections for the House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/Help/404?item=web%3a%7b5EB51EDA-FFB5-436A-BDF5-D7B037943E2C%7d%40en">Elections: Constitutional complexities and consequences - paper by Harry Evans</a></li> </ul> <ul class="links" > </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="large-3 columns right-column "> <div class="show-for-large-up"> <div class="sidenav" role="navigation" aria-label="Secondary navigation"> <a class="sidenav__heading" aria-expanded="false" role="button" tabindex="0"><span class="sidenav__heading--span">In this section</span></a> <ul class="restartSecondary sidenav__list"><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'Senate')" href="/About_Parliament/Senate" alt="Senate secondary link">Senate</a><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'House of Representatives')" href="/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives" alt="House of Representatives secondary link">House of Representatives</a><li class="sidenav__item active" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'Work of the Parliament')" class="active" href="/About_Parliament/Work_of_the_Parliament" alt="Work of the Parliament secondary link">Work of the Parliament</a><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'Parliamentary Leadership Taskforce')" href="/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Leadership_Taskforce" alt="Parliamentary Leadership Taskforce secondary link">Parliamentary Leadership Taskforce</a><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'Parliamentary departments')" href="/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_departments" alt="Parliamentary departments secondary link">Parliamentary departments</a><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'International Program')" href="/About_Parliament/International_Program" alt="International Program secondary link">International Program</a><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'Publications and policies')" href="/About_Parliament/Publications" alt="Publications and policies secondary link">Publications and policies</a><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'Employment')" href="/About_Parliament/Employment" alt="Employment secondary link">Employment</a><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'Media Rules and Filming Applications')" href="/About_Parliament/Media_Rules_and_Filming_Applications" alt="Media Rules and Filming Applications secondary link">Media Rules and Filming Applications</a><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'Education Resources')" href="/About_Parliament/Education_Resources" alt="Education Resources secondary link">Education Resources</a><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'Parliamentary Friendship Groups (non-country)')" href="/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Friendship" alt="Parliamentary Friendship Groups (non-country) secondary link">Parliamentary Friendship Groups (non-country)</a><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'Australian Parliament House Security Pass Office')" href="/About_Parliament/Australian_Parliament_House_Security_Pass_Office" alt="Australian Parliament House Security Pass Office secondary link">Australian Parliament House Security Pass Office</a><li class="sidenav__item" /><a role="link" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Secondary Nav', 'Work of the Parliament', 'Sitting Calendar')" href="/About_Parliament/Sitting_Calendar" alt="Sitting Calendar secondary link">Sitting Calendar</a></ul> </div> </div> <div class="widget"> <div class="panel"> <h3>What is Parliament?</h3> <p>Parliament is the body that makes laws for Australia. 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