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Elections

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Students examine why and how elections are conducted in Australia. They compare first-past-the-post, preferential and proportional systems of voting. Students brainstorm the names of elected representatives in the current federal Parliament. They explore the concept of three levels of government.

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6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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