Exposé australia in english
To discover a country it’s to know the main lines of its economic and political development. I am going to speak to you about Australia with its constitution, its political system and its economic strength.
The Australian Constitution
Australia is a federal state formed by 6 states (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania), of two territories (Northern territory, Australian Capital Territory). Its political organization is fixed by the Constitution of 1901, the first one to be promulgated in the Country and to remain unchanged since then.
The Australian Confederacy is placed under the Crown of United Kingdom and it is a parliamentary monarchy.
The current Head of state is queen Elisabeth II of England represented on the place by a Governor general, who is Lady Quentin BRYCE since September 5th, 2008, and by 6 governors, one for each of 6 states which compose the Confederacy. Lady Quentin BRYCE is the first woman to reach this responsibility.
Australian political situation
During the visit of Queen Elisabeth II which took place in Sidney in 1992, Prime Minister Paul Keating sought the independence of Australia of the British Crown: the Queen is still officially the head of state of the Country.
Since 1976, Land rights act recognizes the rights of the aboriginal people on a part of Australia. After years of fight and protests these rights are finally applied in 2006: an agreement between the Australian government and the aborigines recognizes by the tribe of Githabul the property of numerous parks and the control over approximately 6000 km ² of territory in New South Wales.
Australian economy
Australia is a country the advanced economy of which is capable of satisfying all the internal requirements characterized by a high standard of living and the high consumptions. It is the 15th world economy, Australia is the country of the OECD which knew the strongest