australian politics-reading task questions

7/25/2019 Australian Politics-Reading Task Questions

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Faculty of Health Art and Design

Australian Politics

Weekly Reading Task

The purpose of this assessment task is to encourage you to engage with theweekly readings and to critically reect on some of the key issues raised in thetext. Each week you are required to briey respond to one or more set questionsbased on the required reading for that weeks topic. You are not expected todraw on any material beyond the required readings for this task although youmay choose to do so. Some of these questions will ask you to dene or explainkey terms and concepts others may require you to think more deeply about

issues and arguments raised by the readings. !esponses should be between100-words in each question and should be fully referenced as per expectedacademic standards. You should complete the task each week prior to yourtutorial and place your responses in a single "#ord document throughout thesemester. The document is to be submitted $ia "Turnitin so there should be noplagiarism . %lease make sure that you clearly identify the question&week you areresponding to prior to submitting the nal document.

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Reading Task /uestions

Week 1 #arch 1st ,ntroduction" Power( De&ocracy and Political2ulture

Summer' !obbins and (enna )*+,- note that liberal and democratic principles

sometimes conict with each other. #hat do they mean/0hapters, and *

Week 3 #arch 4th Political ,deas and ,deologies

Examine 1iberalism' Socialism or0onser$atism and briey explain how thatideologys $iew of human nature shapes how it $iews the role of go$ernment.

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Week 5 #arch 16th 2onstitutionalis& and the Australian2onstitutional Fra&ework

#hat role does the 3igh 0ourt play in 4ustralias constitutional system/ 3ow hasit inuenced the balance of powers between state and federal go$ernments/ or


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#hat barriers are likely to stand in the way of constitutional recognition of5ndigenous 4ustralians/

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Week 7 #arch 33nd Federalis& and Federal 8tate Relations

6riey outline what you consider to be the primary aws in 4ustralias federalmodel. or #hat has been the signicance of Section 78 of the 4ustralian0onstitution for the e9ecti$e di$ision of powers between the 0ommonwealth andState go$ernments/

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Week 6 #A'ril 6th Parlia&ent( Res'onsile $o%ern&ent and the 8enate

#hat role&s does parliament play in the 4ustralian political process/or#hy isthe Senate committee system so important in checking the power of theExecuti$e/

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Week 9 #A'ril 1:th ;lections( Parties and the Australian Party 8yste&

#hat is the rationale for compulsory $oting in 4ustralia/ 5s it a legitimateapproach to the problem of encouraging political participation/ or;o yousupport the proposed reforms designed to restrict the success of "micro parties/#hyhy not/

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Week < #A'ril 39th The Australian =aor Party

#hat is the relationship between the 41% and the trade union mo$ement/ >r5sthe 41% a "socialist party/

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Week 4 #ay 5rd The =ierals?@ationals

#hat is the relationship between the parliamentary wing and the organisationalwing of the 1iberal %arty/ or#hat impact does coalition go$ernment ha$e on the=ational %artys fortunes/

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Week : #ay 10th inor Parties and ,nde'endents

3ow would you describe the 4ustralian >reens electoral support base/ or6rieyoutline three barriers to success that minor parties and independent candidatesface.

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Week 10 #ay 1


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Week 11 #ay 37th Polls( Politics and Political eha%iour

3ow does class inuence $oting beha$iour in 4ustralia/ or#hat is "partyidentication and how does it a9ect the party system in 4ustralia/

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