{"id":12582,"date":"2022-05-23T16:48:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T06:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/?p=12582"},"modified":"2022-05-23T16:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T06:48:58","slug":"the-election-results-exploring-a-career-in-australian-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/the-election-results-exploring-a-career-in-australian-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Election Results & Exploring a Career in Australian Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

They say you should never work in three areas: with animals, with kids – and in politics!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But we say the world’s your oyster! The recent election – and its consequent results – might have you even more curious about what working in politics could look like.<\/p>\n

So, allow us to speed walk you through politics in Australia, voting, and a few exciting career opportunities you could step into!<\/p>\n

Politics in a (Really Small) Nutshell<\/strong><\/h4>\n

You probably know and engage with political ideas every day without realising – we all do! – but sitting down to think about and answer the question \u2018what is politics?<\/em>\u2019 can be trickier than it sounds!<\/p>\n

Politics is the set of activities associated with making decisions in groups or other forms of power relations between individuals, such as distributing resources or status.<\/p>\n

Individuals are elected to discuss, debate, and agree on decisions that impact the groups who live in their communities.<\/p>\n

Politics covers and impacts various sectors, including education, health, public services, food production and distribution, and welfare.<\/p>\n

Politics in Australia<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u200b\u200bAustralia has a mixed system of government; it is a representative democracy<\/strong> and a constitutional monarchy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. A Representative Democracy<\/strong>: In a representative democracy, citizens choose candidates to represent them in a parliament. In Australia, federal elections are held every 3 years to select members of parliament to represent Australians and make laws on their behalf.<\/li>\n
  2. A Constitutional Monarchy<\/strong>: In a constitutional monarchy, the monarch does not have absolute power, and they must follow the country\u2019s constitution. The Australian head of state is Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen appoints the Governor-General to act on her behalf in Australia.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Australia is also a federation of states – <\/strong>This is when a group of states join together to form a single country.<\/p>\n

    In 1901, six British colonies joined together to form Australia. For at least 50 000 years before this, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples lived on the Australian continent and practised traditional cultures and languages.<\/p>\n

    A federal Parliament was created to make laws about matters that impact all states, including defence, immigration, trade and foreign affairs. The Australian Constitution<\/a>\u2014the set of rules by which Australia is run\u2014sets out how the federal and state parliaments share the power to make laws.<\/p>\n

    The Australian Constitution defines three groups (the Parliament, the Executive and the Judiciary) and how they share power. A separation of powers also ensures that no single group has all the power. Each of the three groups is responsible for one area of power:<\/p>\n