HSIE ASSESSMENT

the three levels of government

• the local government is responsible for providing services within the local area these include: *maintenance of roads and footpaths; *garbage collection; *town planning and building regulations; *infant welfare and child care centre; *meals on wheels; *libraries; and *maintenance of parks and gardens and swimming pools.
• the state government is responsible for: *education: government primary and secondary schools, curriculum and assessment, coordination of higher education; *health: public hospitals,nursing services,ambulance services, coordination of aged care,children's youth, mental and community health services; *transport: public transport, major roads, vehicle registration, transport accident insurance;
• the federal government is responsible for: *defence; *foreign policy; *immigration; *trade and commerce; * airports and air safety; *post and telecommunications; *employment and unemployment strategies; *national public works; *social services such as pensions and family support; *medicare and health funding; *post secondary education; and * currency; and
• state development: *encouraging investment, employee relations, employment,workers compensation, information technology,sport,recreation,racing and gaming,tourism; *natural resources and environment: agriculture development, electricity and gas supply, water supply and sewerage, forestry land management,conservation and environmental protection and national parks; *law and order: courts and tribunals, legal aid, police and prisons; *community services: disability services, child protection and adoption; *housing: public housing, rental assistance; *fair trading: consumer affairs;and *fire and emergency services.

democracy is where the people vote in elected leaders to govern the country we are a democracy under British law which still has ties to the monarchy in England due to being under the commonwealth.

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