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Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Explaining Australia's form of government

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Since the Statute of Westminster granted Australia and other Commonwealth countries legislative independence in 1931, Australia has governed itself using a federal system and three levels of power separation. Australia has a constitution governing its six states and many territories, including three who have forms of territory government. Each state has its own constitution as well. The federal government and the state governments have their own areas of jurisdiction and cannot intervene in the affairs of one another. However, if a state passes a law contradictory to a federal law, the fed...

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