The Australian Legal System
8 Questions
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This quiz will test your knowledge of the Australian Legal System
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which of the following laws are examples of Federal laws?
- A.
Taxation law, Immigration law and Criminal law
- B.
Criminal law, Environmental law and and Family law
- C.
Family law, Criminal law and Taxation law
- D.
Immigration law, Taxation law and Family law
- 2.Which is the highest Court that an Australian can now appeal to?
- A.
Supreme Court
- B.
Privy Council
- C.
High Court
- D.
Federal Court
- 3.Which section of the Australian Constitution allows the Commonwealth Government to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the Australian people in relation to certain laws?
- A.
Section 23
- B.
Chapter 9
- C.
There is no power in the Constitution for the Commonwealth to make laws
- D.
Section 51
- 4.Australia's legal system is derived from which Country?
- A.
United States of America
- B.
England
- C.
Canada
- D.
Japan
- 5.What year were appeals to the Privy Council abolished?
- 6.What is the name of the area that makes the laws of Australia by passing statutes?
- 7.All Australians are bound by the laws of the Commonwealth
- A.
True
- B.
False
- C.
It depends on which State they live
- D.
People in the ACT and NT do not have to abide by Commonwealth laws
- 8.In what year was the Commonwealth of Australia officially created?
- A.
1900
- B.
1899
- C.
1901
- D.
1879
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