Politics in Australia

In Australia, we have 3 levels of government:

• federal government

• state government

• local government.

Each level of government is made up of elected representatives.

Elected representatives are the people we vote for.

When you vote, you are helping to choose who runs our country.

Elected representatives make decisions about:

• policies – government plans for how things will be done
• laws.

Activism is when people do things that aim to change things in:

• politics
• their community.

For example, you can:

• take part in a protest
• sign a petition – a document that people sign to ask for something to change
• talk to your elected representative
• share information on social media.