It's Your Constitution: Governing Australia Today

Introduction What is a Constitution? Three important questions How did we get the Constitution? What does the Constitution do? Changing times Having a say We the people The idea of Parliament The Australian Parliaments The House of Representatives The Senate Disagreements between the Houses Democratic rights Changing the Constitution Making decisions Different kinds of decisions Government and Parliament The Head of State Who's who in Executive Government Judges and courts Commonwealth or State Money matters Limits on government Rule of law Checks and balances The separation of powers Protecting rights Making a nation The future The Constitution turns one hundred The Australian Constitution