Politics of Australia. The politics of Australia takes place within the framework of a federal constitutional parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy.
Australians elect parliamentarians to the federal Parliament of Australia, a bicameral body which incorporates elements of the fused executive inherited from the Westminster system, and a strong federalist senate, adopted from the United States Congress. Australia largely operates as a two-party system in which voting is compulsory. Lower Secondary. Discovering Democracy Units - Selected Sources. Parliamentary Education Office of the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia. Home – Parliament of Australia.