1 / 11

Passport to Democracy

Module 1 Lesson 2. Passport to Democracy. Map Search: Melbourne. Local Councils. The state of Victoria is divided up into 79 local government areas which are referred to as councils or municipalities . They have different names; either a city , rural city , shire or borough .

lucine
Download Presentation

Passport to Democracy

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Module 1 Lesson 2 Passport to Democracy Map Search: Melbourne

  2. Local Councils • The state of Victoria is divided up into 79 local government areas which are referred to as councils or municipalities. • They have different names; either a city, rural city, shire or borough. • Which one is yours? • There are some small parts of Victoria which lie outside the boundaries of those 79 council areas and therefore have no local government. • Can you find out where they are??

  3. Whose on the council? • People who are elected by their local community • The councillors will have a view of the future they wish to achieve for their community and make plans and policies to achieve this. • Council staff • They deliver services, and help to put into action the policies and plans.

  4. Wards(nothing to do with hospitals... ) • A ward is a sub division of a council. • Wards help to make sure that councillors are able to represent particular groups or areas within the municipalities. • Decisions about the number of councillors and ward boundaries are part of the VEC’s job. These are reviewed about every 12 years. • No ward can have 10% more or less voters than any other ward. • If your council has wards, your vote will help to elect the councillor(s) who represent your neighbourhood.

  5. Map Search: Melbourne local councils My local council is... My ward is... My councillors are...

  6. The name Parliament comes from the French word ‘parlez’, to speak. State Parliament • Parliament is the place where our elected representatives, the Members of Parliament (MPs),speak for the people they represent by proposing, debating and passing laws (legislation) affecting all Victorians. • Parliament’s job is to: • represent the people of Victoria and raise their concerns publicly; • form a Government; • make laws which help the State to work efficiently and fairly; • check up on the working of the Government ministers; • authoriseand approve a Budget

  7. I live in the state district of... Map search: State Legislative Assembly – Melbourne metropolitan area State districts The state of Victoria has 88 districts. 1 Member of Parliament (MP) is elected to represent each district. Government is formed by the party or parties which have a majority of these 88 elected Members. The Opposition is made up of the largest party or group that does not support the Government. There are about 40,000 electors in each district. My Member of Parliament (MP) is...

  8. Map Search: State Legislative Council – Melbourne metropolitan area State regions I live in the State electoral region of... 5 members of the Legislative council are elected to represent each region. There are 8 regions in Victoria – they cover the area of 11 districts. There are about 440,000 electors in each region. Legislative Council acts as a house of review, providing the opportunity for Parliament to consider bills from the Legislative Assembly again. The Members of the Legislative council (MLCs) who represent my region are:

  9. The Federal Parliament • The Federal Parliament is the body that makes laws for Australia.  It has three distinct parts: the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Queen (represented in Australia by the Governor-General). Parliament has four main functions: • legislation (making laws), • representation (acting on behalf of voters and citizens), • scrutiny (examining the government), • and formation of government.

  10. Map search: Melbourne Federal House of Representatives – Melbourne metropolitan area Federal divisions My Member of Parliament (MP) is... 1 member of Parliament (MP) is elected to represent each division. There are 150 divisionsin the whole of Australia. (37 of which are in Victoria) The Federal Government is formed in the House of Representatives. I live in the Federal electoral division of....

  11. The Senate Map search: Federal Senate Each state is represented by 12 senators. Both territories – the ACT and NT – are represented by 2 senators. It shares the power to make laws with the other House of Parliament, the House of Representatives. The senators who represent Victoria are...

More Related