Part 1: Australian values
What is a fundamental Australian value?+
- ✓ All people are equal under the law
- • Only citizens are equal under the law
- • The wealthy make the laws
- • Some people are above the law
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: All people are equal under the law. Other acceptable answers: Freedom of speech; Freedom of religion; Equality of men and women; Equality of opportunity; A "fair go" for everyone; Peaceful, democratic government; Mutual respect and tolerance; Compassion for those in need.
What is a fundamental Australian value? (choose any correct answer)+
- • Only citizens are equal under the law
- • The wealthy make the laws
- ✓ Freedom of speech
- • Some people are above the law
Based on *Our Common Bond*. "Freedom of speech" is one of the acceptable answers.
In Australia, freedom of speech means people can:+
- • say anything at all, with no limits
- ✓ openly discuss and criticise the government and its policies
- • break the law if they disagree with it
- • only speak in support of the government
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: openly discuss and criticise the government and its policies.
Australia has a secular government. What does this mean?+
- • Christianity is the official state religion
- • Religious leaders run the government
- ✓ Government is separate from religion, and all religions are treated equally
- • Religion is banned in Australia
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: Government is separate from religion, and all religions are treated equally.
Which statement about men and women in Australia is correct?+
- • Men have more legal rights than women
- • Women are not allowed to vote
- • Only men may own property
- ✓ Men and women have equal rights
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: Men and women have equal rights.
What does the idea of a "fair go" mean in Australia?+
- ✓ Everyone has the chance to succeed through hard work, whatever their background
- • Everyone is given the same amount of money
- • The government provides everything people need
- • Only people born in Australia can get ahead
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: Everyone has the chance to succeed through hard work, whatever their background.
Part 3: Australia's history
Who are the first Australians?+
- • The convicts of the First Fleet
- • British settlers in 1788
- • Gold miners of the 1850s
- ✓ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
For how long have Aboriginal peoples lived in Australia?+
- ✓ For tens of thousands of years
- • For about 250 years
- • Since Federation in 1901
- • For a few hundred years
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: For tens of thousands of years.
Torres Strait Islander peoples come from:+
- • central Australia
- ✓ the islands between the tip of Queensland and Papua New Guinea
- • Tasmania
- • the west coast of Western Australia
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: the islands between the tip of Queensland and Papua New Guinea.
In 1770, who claimed the eastern part of Australia for Great Britain?+
- • Captain Arthur Phillip
- • Governor Lachlan Macquarie
- ✓ Lieutenant James Cook
- • Edmund Barton
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: Lieutenant James Cook.
What happened on 26 January 1788?+
- • The six colonies joined to form Australia
- • Australia became a republic
- • Gold was discovered in Victoria
- ✓ The First Fleet arrived at Sydney Cove and a British settlement began
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: The First Fleet arrived at Sydney Cove and a British settlement began.
Who was the first Governor of New South Wales?+
- ✓ Captain Arthur Phillip
- • Lieutenant James Cook
- • Sir Edmund Barton
- • Sir Henry Parkes
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: Captain Arthur Phillip.
Part 2: Government and the law in Australia
What kind of country is Australia?+
- • A republic with an elected president as head of state
- • A dictatorship
- • A direct democracy with no parliament
- ✓ A constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: A constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy.
Who is Australia's head of state?+
- ✓ The King (Charles III)
- • The Prime Minister
- • The Governor-General
- • The Chief Justice
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: The King (Charles III).
Who represents the King in Australia at the national level?+
- • The Prime Minister
- ✓ The Governor-General
- • The Chief Justice of the High Court
- • The President of the Senate
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: The Governor-General.
Who is the head of the Australian Government?+
- • The King
- • The Governor-General
- ✓ The Prime Minister
- • The Leader of the Opposition
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: The Prime Minister.
How does a person become Prime Minister of Australia?+
- • They are directly elected by all voters
- • They are appointed by the King for life
- • They are chosen by the High Court
- ✓ They are the leader of the party or coalition that holds a majority of seats in the House of Representatives
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: They are the leader of the party or coalition that holds a majority of seats in the House of Representatives.
How many levels of government are there in Australia?+
- ✓ Three: federal, state and territory, and local
- • One: the federal government only
- • Two: federal and state
- • Four
From *Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond*. Correct answer: Three: federal, state and territory, and local.
