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Politics of Australia
The
politics of Australia
takes place within the framework of a
federal
constitutional
parliamentary democracy
and
constitutional monarchy
. Australians elect
parliamentarians
to the federal
Parliament of Australia
, a
bicameral
body which incorporates elements of the
fused executive
inherited from the
Westminster system
, and a strong
federalist
senate
, adopted from the
United States Congress
. Australia largely operates as a
two-party system
in which
voting is compulsory
.
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