Chetan kumarPranav dhananiwalaSreeraj rajashekar

GOVERNMENT

AUSTRALIA IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY WITH A FEDERAL DIVISION OF POWERS.

PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WITH QUEEN

ELIZABETH II

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SEPARATED INTO THREE BRANCHES

The legislature

The executive

The judiciary

STATES AND TERRITORIES

New South Wales(NSW)Queensland (QLD) South Australia(SA) Tasmania (TAS) Victoria (VIC) Western Australia(WA)

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Northern Territory(NT).

E D U C AT I O NCHILDREN ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND SCHOOL FROM

THE AGE OF ABOUT 5 UP UNTIL ABOUT 16.

CHILDREN AGED 16–17 PARTICIPATE IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SUCH AS AN APPRENTICESHIP

ADULT LITERACY RATE THAT IS ASSUMED TO BE 99%.

AUSTRALIA HAS 37 GOVERNMENT-FUNDED UNIVERSITIES AND TWO PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY IS AUSTRALIA'S OLDEST UNIVERSITY, HAVING BEEN FOUNDED IN 1850

Sport

CRICKET HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF AUSTRALIA'S SPORTING CULTURE SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY.

AUSTRALIA HAS STRONG INTERNATIONAL TEAMS IN CRICKET FIELD HOCKEY, NETBALL, RUGBY LEAGUE AND RUGBY UNION

AUSTRALIA IS ALSO POWERFUL IN TRACK CYCLING, ROWING AND SWIMMING, HAVING CONSISTENTLY BEEN IN THE TOP-FIVE MEDAL-WINNERS AT OLYMPIC OR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL SINCE