| Area: | Department of Social Sciences | 
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 | 
| Credits: | 12.5 | 
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly | 
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly | 
| Anti Requisite(s): | 2722 (v.4) Politics 111 - Australia's Government and Constitution - Workings of a Liberal Democracy 9738 (v.4) Politics 215 - Australia's Government and Constitution - Workings of a Liberal Democracy
 
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| Other Requisite(s): | Admission: to course outside the School of Social Sciences. 
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| Introduction to Australian Government and Politics. Principles of liberal democracy and representative government. The Constitution. Federalism and the High Court. Parliamentary and presidential systems-nature of the executive and legislative branches in Australia. Electoral systems. Ideologies and political parties. | 
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 Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External |  | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y |  | Y |  
 
| Area External
 | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |  | Central External
 | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |  |