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A constitution is a set of rules for how a nation is governed (like guidelines or a rule book)

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They want more precautions for disabled people to help them through covid.

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Before the Aussie Constitution, the British parliament ruled over 6 different colonies in Australia. The leaders of these colonies met to discuss the idea of forming 1 new nation

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Businesses that rely on customers coming in struggled to keep their businesses open.

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there are two parliament houses the house of representatives and the senate with i will be talking about

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A written constitution was made, so show the rules for this new nation. Each colony held referendums to allow people to vote yes or no.

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Australia became a nation in 1901.

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If there is an argument over the constitution, the High Court of Australia is in charge of deciding on these disagreements.

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The constitution is divided into 8 chapters. Each of these chapters in divided into sections.
These sections are
- The Parliament
- The Executive Government
- The Judicature
- Finance and Trade
- The States
- New States
- Miscellaneous
- Alteration of the constitution

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The constitution has changed 8 times since 1901

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To be able to vote in an election, you must be an Australian citizen over 18 years old, you also must be registered with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). After going through all the campaigning, you must provide information about where you live, and your name before given 2 forms. A small one which is for the lower house, and a large one for the upper house.
When your in the voting booth, you must number the candidates in the order you'd like to see them elected, this is the lower house voting. The upper house voting is where you select who you want to represent your state or territory. When voting above the line, you must name at least 6 parties you want to see, and to vote below the line, you must order the exact order of candidates you want to see in the senate. If you want a whole party, you would vote above the line, but if you want one person from that party you would vote below the line. You can vote by post if you can't make it to a voting place for accessibility reasons. If you go to the voting booth on election day, you will be given an instruction guide on how to vote, you can choose to use this however you like, it is your vote. Make sure it reflects on what you want to see in the government, and not what a friend or family member wants.

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76 seats to win

20 most marginal seats in the country – 15 are held by labour, 5 by liberal

An electorate is the group of people that are entitled to vote in an election.

Second straight election where the coalition heads in with a very slender majority

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Three levels of government -	Federal -	State -	Local Federal –National parliament meaning the parliament house. They have the power to make laws for the whole country. These issues are rea in the constitution, these may include marriage, immigration, communications, taxation, and foreign affairs. These are the thins that affect all Australians State- This contains the six states and two territory parliaments. They meet in the capital of each state. These parliaments make the laws that are enforced within their own state. These laws relate to the areas not covered by Australians constitution. These relate to things like schools, hospitals, roads, railways, electricity, water, mining, and agriculture. They both have the power to make laws, (federal and state). The federal parliament can override the state aliments decisions. Local- This is made up of more than 560 councils across the country. These councils are in charge of local issues that occur within their community such as parks, roads, garbage collection, library services, street signage, and pet control. These things can be considered as local services and matters. These three levels of law-making work together to govern Australia. Although each level has different responsibilities, they work together to keep Australia running. 

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Three levels of government -	Federal -	State -	Local Federal –National parliament meaning the parliament house. They have the power to make laws for the whole country. These issues are rea in the constitution, these may include marriage, immigration, communications, taxation, and foreign affairs. These are the thins that affect all Australians State- This contains the six states and two territory parliaments. They meet in the capital of each state. These parliaments make the laws that are enforced within their own state. These laws relate to the areas not covered by Australians constitution. These relate to things like schools, hospitals, roads, railways, electricity, water, mining, and agriculture. They both have the power to make laws, (federal and state). The federal parliament can override the state aliments decisions. Local- This is made up of more than 560 councils across the country. These councils are in charge of local issues that occur within their community such as parks, roads, garbage collection, library services, street signage, and pet control. These things can be considered as local services and matters. These three levels of law-making work together to govern Australia. Although each level has different responsibilities, they work together to keep Australia running. 

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The House is made up of 151 members. Each member represents one of Australia's 151 electorates. There is approximately the same number of voters in each electorate. The Australian Government is formed in the House by the party, or coalition of parties, with the support of the majority of members in the House.

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Which ones are important in this election?

Luke Howarth – Petrie, QLD

Bridget Archer – Bass, TAS

Susan Templeman – Macquarie, NSW

Fiona Martin – Reid, NSW

Gladys Liu – Chisholm, Vic

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Why does this matter?

This matters because the more seats mean a better chance at winning by receiving more points.

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senators are elected to represent Australia's many states and territories. so sometimes they call the states and territories houses.
they speak about ideas and or issues that the public may concern.
the senate is arranged in a horseshoe with the president of the senate sitting at the front.
government senators sit to the right of the president with the opposition senators sit to the left, there are also independent and minor party senators who sit in the middle area known as the cross bench.