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  2. Monarchy of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The monarchy of Australia is a key component of Australia's form of government, by which a hereditary monarch serves as the country's sovereign and head of state. [1] It is a constitutional monarchy, modelled on the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy, while incorporating features unique to the constitution of Australia.

  3. Australian Government - Wikipedia

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    The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the Federal government, is the national executive government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

  4. Politics of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The politics of Australia operates under the written Australian Constitution, which sets out Australia as a constitutional monarchy, governed via a parliamentary democracy in the Westminster tradition. Australia is also a federation, where power is divided between the federal government and the states.

  5. Constitution of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Australia (also known as the Commonwealth Constitution) is the fundamental law that governs the political structure of Australia.It is a written constitution, that establishes the country as a federation under a constitutional monarchy governed with a parliamentary system.

  6. 1999 Australian republic referendum - Wikipedia

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    The 1998 Australian Constitutional Convention debated the need for a change to the Constitution of Australia which would abolish the Australian monarchy. [5] The convention considered three categories of model for the selection of the head of state in an Australian republic: direct election, parliamentary election by a special majority, and ...

  7. Australia - Wikipedia

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    Australia is a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary democracy and a federation. [245] The country has maintained its mostly unchanged constitution alongside a stable liberal democratic political system since Federation in 1901. It is one of the world's oldest federations, in which power is divided between the federal and state governments.

  8. History of monarchy in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Australia is a constitutional monarchy whose Sovereign also serves as Monarch of the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada and eleven other former dependencies of the United Kingdom including Papua New Guinea, which was formerly a dependency of Australia.

  9. Australian constitutional law - Wikipedia

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    Australia is a constitutional monarchy. [13] Although the term " Head of State " is not used in the Constitution, it was intended that the Commonwealth (like the colonies) would continue to recognise the British Sovereign.