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Most Australians are governed by three levels of government - local, state and federal. For instance, a family living in Sydney would have the Sydney City
Council (local) looking after such things as garbage collection, park maintenance and dog controls. Australians pay their local government by paying
"rates" - paid according to the area and position of any land that you own. They would then be governed by the New South Wales Government, which would look after such things as roads, and the police force. Finally, they are governed by the
Australian (Federal) Government, which is involved with trade, foreign affairs and the national treasury. Both the State and Federal Governments are paid through income tax.

Senate). Decisions put forward and approved in the House of Representatives must then be approved a second time by the Senate. The only exception to this is the
Queensland Government, which has only a House of Representatives.

Local governments are stationed in centre of the town or city that they provide to. State governments are run from the state capitals, while the Federal
Government sits in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory.

Australia. The two territories are the Northern Territory and the Australian
Island, the McDonald Islands and Norfolk Island.

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