Government and Citizenship in Australia

Government and Citizenship in
Australia
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Table of Contents
Australian Federal government might be a suitable model for institutional reform in Shangri-La........3
Key advantages of the Australian model in Shangri-La..........................................................................6
Possible gaps or risks in the model from Shangri-La’s perspective........................................................7
References.............................................................................................................................................9
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Australian Federal government might be a suitable model for
institutional reform in Shangri-La
The executives represented by Queen of Australia have powers that can be exercised as per
the circumstances. The queen of Australia has a lot of power in the constitution as per the
written law but in reality, parliamentary convention limits the power which means the Queen
acts on the advice of the PM. The long term judicial appointments are being done to protect
the independence of courts. The public power is being divided by separation of powers in
Australia between three government branches that are the legislature (parliament in
Australia), the executive (head of the state, advisors and different agencies and departments)
and judiciary (the courts). The parliament makes rules and regulations which should be
followed by each and every one. The law is being implemented by the executive government
once it is passed. The courts apply and understand the law. If the government states that the
law is not acceptable then the parliament can deny to pass it. The court can invalidate the
unconstitutional law created by the parliament. The court can rule only on the matters
allowed by the constitution or law. Sometimes the government wants to pass legislation but it
may not be accepted by the parliament. People can complain about unconstitutional laws in
court. The process protects people from the abuse of power (Kearney and Glen, 2017).
Australia has upper houses central parliaments that represent the states. The Commonwealth
parliament controls fiscal in Australia. The local parliaments carry out their duties and have
overlapping powers of making law with the federal parliament. The federal system is being
established by the Australian constitution in which the legislative powers are seen to be
distributed between states and commonwealth. Some of the central features of the
government system are not depicted in the constitution but are relied on convention and
custom. The parliamentary government refers to an executive government that comes from
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