Title: Australian Government - Wikipedia
Headings: Australian Government
Australian Government
Contents
Structure
Legislature
Executive
Head of state
Executive Council
Cabinet
Departments
Judiciary
Publicly owned entities
Corporations prescribed by acts of parliament
Government Business Enterprises
Other public non-financial corporations
See also
Notes
References
External links

Content: The government is based in the nation's capital, Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory. The head offices of all fourteen federal departments lie in Canberra, along with Parliament House and the High Court. The judicial branch of government, headed by the High Court of Australia, is independent of the legislative and executive branch, and ensures that government acts according to the constitution and law. As a founding member of the Commonwealth and a former British colony before Federation in 1901, Australia's Constitution is influenced heavily by the British Westminster system of government, as well as the United States Constitution . Contents
1 Structure
2 Legislature
3 Executive
3.1 Head of state
3.2 Executive Council
3.3 Cabinet
3.4 Departments
4 Judiciary
5 Publicly owned entities
5.1 Corporations prescribed by acts of parliament
5.2 Government Business Enterprises
5.3 Other public non-financial corporations
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links
Structure

It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled Politics of Australia. ( Discuss) (October 2020)
The three branches of the Australian Government
The legislature: Parliament House in Canberra, the seat of the Parliament of Australia
The executive: Governor-General David Hurley (right) who by convention follows the Executive Council's advice
The executive: Prime Minister Scott Morrison representing the Federal Executive Council
The judiciary: the High Court of Australia, the nation's highest court
Section 1 of the Australian Constitution creates a democratic legislature, the bicameral Parliament of Australia which consists of the monarch and two chambers of parliament, the Senate and the House of Representatives.