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A Guide to Government and Law in Australia
Index | Links to Units
This website contains the complete text of A Guide to Government and Law in Australia by Dr John Hirst. The book is an exploration of the history, structure and operations of Australian democracy with a concise description of the operations of the Australian system of government and law. The text also has a units index and there are links from the units to relevant sections of A Guide to Government and Law in Australia. Although written largely for teachers, older students may also find it useful. The first section is a series of narratives elaborating on the following four themes:
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Index
Preface
5 Reference Section
Links to Units
Those sections of Discovering Democracy - A Guide to Government and Law in Australia that provide relevant information for particular themes and units are listed below by page number.
Who Rules?
| Stories of the People and Rulers 
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1-3, 7, 95-106 |
| Parliament versus Monarch
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1-14, 22, 95-97, 104-106 |
| Should the People Rule?
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1-7, 15-17, 20-27, 32-33, 35, 49, 63, 95-97, 100-101 |
| Parties Control Parliament
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14, 27-33, 49, 95-106 |
| A Democracy Destroyed
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85, 103 |
Law and Rights
| Rules and Laws
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63-65, 98-99 |
| The Law Rules
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20-21, 66-67, 69-78, 98-99, 103-104 |
| Law
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5-7, 63-84, 103-104 |
| Human Rights
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5-7, 15-17, 56-58, 59-60, 66-68, 71-74, 84-89, 103-104 |
The Australian Nation
| We Remember
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35 |
| The People Make a Nation
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20-22, 37-50, 83, 95-97, 100-103, 105-106 |
| Democratic Struggles
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15-27, 48, 56-57 |
| Making a Nation
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14, 35-50, 95-97,104-106 |
| What Sort of Nation?
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35-37, 50-61 |
Citizens and Public Life
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