Lesson+2

This lesson is going to identify the areas of responsibility that are shared between the State and Federal governments. And categorizing these responsibilities according to your own thoughts.

Using what you already know make a Venn Diagram listing the areas that state government is responsible for on one side, the areas Federal government is responsible for on the other side and in the middle the areas where responsibility is shared or overlaps.

You now have an idea of who is responsible for certain areas and where these overlap. But what could be some general categories these responsibilities could be placed under. See what you think by looking at the document below:

If you were part of a team overseeing the development of a brand new hospital which level of government do you think you would be closely working with, why? As someone travelling from overseas to come and live in Australia which level of government makes the laws that determines if you are allowed to stay? Why would it be important for this level of government to have control over this power.