Commerce Assignment The Australian Government is a constitutional democracy. Based upon the British Westminster system, it stresses the importance of two key concepts, representation and responsibility. Members of Parliament are expected to represent the interests of their electorate and are held responsible to them. But since the evolution of the modern party system whereby most MPs’ affiliate themselves with a party, the original political process has been compromised. Here we examine two of such parties, …showed first 75 words of 1420 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1420 total…to the party. However, as experience has often demonstrated, although the presence of the political party system may have some detrimental consequences, the benefits they bring to society and the political process generally outweigh them. Bibliography: Internet Resources: http://www.liberal.org.au http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/4999 http://www.greens.org.au http://www.vision.net.au/~tasgreens/greens/party.html Books: Fairlane. S. Australian Political System 1996 Pan Macmillan Pty Ltd. Sydney, Australia