Australia's Houses of Parliament Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• question: q _ time is held at 2pm on the days that parliament sit. people can watch it on tv or the internet, or listen to it on the radio.
• bicameral: a word that means 'having two houses of parliament.'
• royal: when the governor-general signs a bill so that it can become a law, this process is known as _ assent.
• six: elections for the senate are held every _ years.
• monarchy: australia is known as a constitutional m _ .
• senate: this house of parliament has 76 members.
• canberra: the capital city where australia's federal parliament is located.
• electorate: an area represented by one member of parliament. there are 151 of these in australia.
• red: the colour of the senate.
• lower: the house of representatives is the _ house of parliament.
• vote: australian citizens over the age of 18 years can _ in elections to choose people to represent them in parliament.
• states: elected men and women who sit in the senate and represent the people of the _ and territories.
• three: elections for the house of representatives occurs every _ years.
• prime minister: the leader of the government who sits in the house of representatives
• majority: for a political party to win an election and be allowed to form government, they must have a _ of votes from the australian people.
• bill: before a new law can become a law, it is known as a b _ .
• executive: the branch or arm of government that administers the law.
• democracy: the type of government in australia is a representative _ .
• judiciary: a branch or arm of government that consists of judges and the courts.