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Australia is a federation of six states which, together with two self-governing territories, have their own constitutions, parliaments, governments and laws.Statute law
Statute law is made by parliament. In the Australian Parliament, a bill is a proposal for a new law or a change to an existing one. A bill becomes a law after it has been passed in the same form by the House of Representatives and the Senate and is given Royal Assent by the Governor-General. It is then called an Act of Parliament.
For a bill to be passed, it must be agreed to by a majority vote in both houses of Parliament. A bill may also be sent to a parliamentary committee for further investigation before being voted on by the Parliament.
Delegated law
Sometimes the Parliament gives the power to make decisions about the details of laws it makes to the relevant minister, executive office-holder or government department. This is called delegated law because the power has been delegated – given – to that person or department.
Delegated law allows the specific details of an existing law to be made or changed without having to be debated and passed by the Parliament. It can often mean amendments – changes – to an existing law can be made in a shorter period of time, and by those responsible for the particular area it covers. The Parliament usually keeps the right to overrule – disallow – delegated law if it does not agree with it.
Common law
Common law is made by judges in a court, using precedent – decisions made in previous similar cases – to decide how they will judge a case before them. If no past cases with similar circumstances exist, a new decision is made, which would then become a precedent for a future similar case. If no statute law applies to cover a particular situation, common law will apply; however, statute law always overrides common law.
Australia inherited its system of common law from Britain. The name comes from the idea that common law applied to everyone in society, not just those—such as religious ministers—who had particular rules relating to them
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