Tuesday, 25 September 2007

What's been happening?




Cam Wilson talks to the class about how to vote.

MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT!









G'day Bloggers
I found some more information on the Australian Citizen Test. You can order the information booklet on line at the below link.


However I wouldn't panic yet. Who knows what will happen after the election.

Speaking of the election, we were lucky enough to have Cam Wilson from the Australian Electoral Commission come and talk to us about the future election and what we have to do to vote as well as how to vote. It was very interesting and lots of us had plenty of questions.
Holidays are coming up. Our last class is this Thursday the 27th. Class will start again on the 15th of October.
Have a great break everyone
Alanna



Monday, 10 September 2007

Australian Pronunciation - Session 6 - Consonant sounds 'f' & 'v'

Hi everyone

I'm a bit late with my latest pronunciation session. I've been caught up with lots of different things. But hopefully I am back on track now (been busy but am getting back to normal now)

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Make sure you write some comments and let me know what you think of the blog.

Bye for now
Alanna

Thursday, 6 September 2007

Australian Citizenship Test

Have a look at these sample questions from the the new Australian Citizenship Test and let me know what you think.

1. In what year did Federation take place?
2. Which day of the year is Australia Day?
3. Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?
4. What is the first line of Australia's national anthem?
5. What is the floral emblem of Australia?
6. What is the population of Australia?
7. In what city is the Parliament House of the Commonwealth Parliament located?
8. Who is the Queen's representative in Australia?
9. How are Members of Parliament chosen?
10. Who do Members of Parliament represent?
11. After a federal election, who forms the new government?
12. What are the colours on the Australian flag?
13. Who is the head of the Australian Government?
14. What are the three levels of government in Australia?
15. In what year did the European settlement of Australia start?
16. Serving on a jury if required is a responsibility of Australian citizenship: true or false?
17. In Australia, everyone is free to practice the religion of their choice, or practice no religion: true of false?
18. To be elected to the Commonwealth Parliament you must be an Australian citizen: true or false?
19. As an Australian citizen, I have the right to register my baby born overseas as an Australian citizen: true or false?
20. Australian citizens aged 18 years or over are required to enrol on the electoral register: true or false?
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