Australian Citizenship Test — All Questions
4 questions
Who is Australia's head of state?
- a.The Prime Minister
- b.The Chief Justice
- c.The Monarch, represented in Australia by the Governor-General✓
- d.The Premier of New South Wales
Australia is a constitutional monarchy. The Sovereign is head of state and is represented in Australia by the Governor-General, as described in Our Common Bond.
The federal Parliament of Australia meets in which building?
- a.Parliament House in Canberra✓
- b.The Sydney Opera House
- c.Government House in Melbourne
- d.The High Court building
The federal Parliament meets at Parliament House in Canberra, where elected representatives make national laws, as noted in Our Common Bond.
In Australia, the power to make laws is divided between:
- a.Only the Prime Minister
- b.The monarch alone
- c.Business owners and unions
- d.The federal government and the state and territory governments✓
Australia is a federation, so law-making powers are shared between the national (federal) government and the state and territory governments, as Our Common Bond explains.
The document that established the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 and sets out how the country is governed is the:
- a.Magna Carta
- b.Australian Constitution✓
- c.Bill of Rights
- d.Declaration of Independence
The Australian Constitution came into effect in 1901, creating the Commonwealth of Australia and setting out the framework for how the country is governed.