Australian Citizenship Test — All Questions
4 questions
Who is Australia's head of state?
- a.The Prime Minister
- b.The Premier of New South Wales
- c.The Chief Justice
- d.The Monarch, represented in Australia by the Governor-General✓
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.The High Court building
- b.Parliament House in Canberra✓
- c.Government House in Melbourne
- d.The Sydney Opera House
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.Business owners and unions
- b.The monarch alone
- c.The federal government and the state and territory governments✓
- d.Only the Prime Minister
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.Declaration of Independence
- b.Magna Carta
- c.Bill of Rights
- d.Australian Constitution✓
The Australian Constitution came into effect in 1901, creating the Commonwealth of Australia and setting out the framework for how the country is governed.