First, you need to either be a member of a political party and gain endorsement as their preferred candidate in a particular electorate or for the Legislative Council, or you could register with the Electoral Office as an independent candidate. You either run for an upper house seat, or a lower house seat. If you are chosen at an election either because you receive the most votes, or gain a lead from the distribution of preferences you then become either the sitting member for you electorate or a Member of the Legislative Council.
There is no Governor of the Australian Capital Territory. State Governments, as distinct from 'Territory' (ie Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory) have State Governors who are representatives of the Queen. Australian Capital Territory hasa Chief Minister. Australia has a Governor-General who resides in Canberra, Ms Quentin Bryce.
No. The ACT, or Australian Capital Territory, and the Northern Territory are only ever referred to as territories. The main difference lies in the powers of territory governments compared to state governments.
some state governments
state governments grant local governments their power but do not tend to interfere with their day -to-day responsibilities
State governments cannot declare war or issue their own money.
________ are bonds issued by state or local governments
The US has 50 states and therefore there are 50 state governments in the US. In addition associated territories such as Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Guam are not states and do not have state governments, but do have governments that in many respects function like state governments.
The Federal and state governments both have the power to tax because they each have separate expenses in a budget. State governments tax to help pay for state programs. Federal governments tax to help pay for Federal programs.
They favored strong state governments.
The Tenth Amendment gives power to the state governments.
Other state governments passed similar laws.
No Australian state has ever had an election to elect a new state.