INSIDE THE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA ACTIVITY WORKBOOK (Secondary) PRE-VISIT ACTIVITY ONE A Quiz H ere is a quiz about the Parliament of Victoria. See how many of these questions you can answer now. Then answer them again after the visit, to see if you have increased your knowledge about the Parliament. WHO IS THE PREMIER? WHAT party IS HE/SHE IN? WHO IS THE LEADER OF THE OppoSITION? WHICH party IS HE/SHE IN? WHAT IS A MINISTER? NAME THREE MINISTERS. WHAT IS A SHADOW MiNISTER? NAME THREE SHADOW MINISTERS. WHAT IS A backbENCHER? WHAT DOES PARLIAMENT DO? WHAT arE THE two HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT caLLED? WHO arE yoUR StatE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT? (YOU HAVE 6) WHAT IS yoUR ELECTORAL DiSTRICT? WHAT IS yoUR ELECTORAL REGION? WHAT arE two IMPORTANT JOBS yoUR MPS DO? 22 INSIDE THE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA ACTIVITY WORKBOOK ACTIVITY TWO PRE-VISIT The Vestibule The Vestibule is the area just inside the front door of Parliament House. 1 Look at the motto in the Vestibule. Complete the missing words here: “WE H RE NO__ __ __ __ __ __ __ IS, THE PEOPLE __ __ __ __, BUT IN THE __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ OF COUNSELLORS THERE IS __ __ __ __ __ __.” (You will be able to talk about what this means back in class.) 2 What do you think this motto means? Tick one of these: ADI V SORS NEED to BE carEFUL aboUT WHAT THEY TELL PEOPLE to DO IF THERE arE too MANY ADVISORS PEOPLE wiLL BE coNFUSED AND wiLL NOT BE abLE TO DECIDE WHEN THERE arE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE GIVING ADVICE THEN GOOD DECISIONS wiLL BE MADE 3 How is this motto a symbol for democracy? 4 How is it a symbol for representative government? INSIDE THE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA ACTIVITY WORKBOOK 23 PRE-VISIT ACTIVITY THREE Meet Your MPs There are three levels of government in Australia: COMMONWEALTH or F EDERAL – for laws that apply to all of Australia STATE – for laws that apply only to a State or Territory LOCAL – for laws that apply only to a local area There is a chance that you will see Members of Parliament in Parliament House during sitting periods. Record this information for your six parliamentary representatives in the Victorian Parliament. FIND YOUR MPs! Visit www.parliament.vic.gov.au Under ‘Find a Member of Parliament’, type in your postcode.......Click ‘GO’......Complete the details in the boxes on this and the next page.... You live in the EALECTOR L DISTRICT of (mark this on the map on pages 26 and 27) And your MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY is H e/she is a member of the H e/she is in the Australian Labor Party Government Liberal Party of Australia Opposition The Nationals and is a Minister or is Shadow Minister an Independent Backbencher Presiding Officer LOOK at THE bookLET INSIDE the PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA • Development of representative government in Victoria (page 5) • The three levels of government in Australia (page 11) • The Constitution of Victoria (page 13) • Representation in Parliament (page 21) • Voting (page 23) 24 INSIDE THE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA ACTIVITY WORKBOOK PRE-VISIT ACTIVITY THREE Meet Your MPs You live in the EALECTOR L REGION of (mark this on the map on pages 6 and 7) And your MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (you have 5) are: He/she is a member of the: NAME Australian Labor Party Liberal Party of Australia The Nationals The Greens or is an Independent He/she is in the: and is a: Government Minister S hadow Minister Opposition Backbencher Presiding Officer He/she is a member of the: NAME Australian Labor Party Liberal Party of Australia The Nationals The Greens or is an Independent He/she is in the: and is a: Government Minister S hadow Minister Opposition Backbencher Presiding Officer He/she is a member of the: NAME Australian Labor Party Liberal Party of Australia The Nationals The Gree ns or is an Independent He/she is in the: and is a: Shadow Minister Government Minister Opposition Backbencher Presiding Officer He/she is a member of the: NAME Australian Labor Party Liberal Party of Australia The Nationals The Greens or is an Independent He/she is in the: and is a: Government Minister S hadow Minister Opposition Backbencher Presiding Officer He/she is a member of the: NAME Australian Labor Party Liberal Party of Australia The Nationals The Greens or is an Independent He/she is in the: and is a: Government Minister S hadow Minister Opposition Backbencher Presiding Officer INSIDE THE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA ACTIVITY WORKBOOK 25 PRE-VISIT ACTIVITY FOUR Electorates Mark (in green) the Electoral District where you live. You can find your electorate at www.vec.vic.gov.au. Metropolitan Districts YanYan YeanYean YurokeYuroke BroadmeadowsBroadmeadows Mill Park ThomastownThomastown KeilorKeilor BundooraBundoora ElthamEltham Pascoe PrestonPreston NiddrieNiddrie NiddrieNiddrie Vale IvanhoeIvanhoeIvanhoe KororoitKororoit EssendonEssendon BrunswickBrunswick BulleenBulleen DerrimutDerrimut NorthcoteNorthcote WarrandyteWarrandyte DoncasterDoncaster FootscrayFootscray MelbourneMelbourne KewKew KilsythKilsyth RichmondRichmond BoxBox HillHill RichmondRichmond MitchamMitcham Albert HawthornHawthorn TarneitTarneit WilliamstownWilliamstown Park PrahranPrahran PrahranPrahran BurwoodBurwood ForestForest HillHill BayswaterBayswater MalvernMalvern AltonaAltona Mount CaulfieldCaulfield Waverley ScoresbyScoresby OakleighOakleigh BrightonBrighton Ferntree BentleighBentleigh ClaytonClayton Gully MulgraveMulgrave SandringhamSandringham DandenongDandenong MordiallocMordialloc Narre Warren North LyndhurstLyndhurstLyndhurst Narre Warren Peninsula Map CarrumCCarrumarrum South LaraLara CarrumCarrum PolwarthPolwarth CranbourneCranbourne GeelongGeelong FrankstonFrankston BellarineBellarine FrankstonFrankston SouthSouth MorningtonMornington BarwonBarwon Swan HillSwan Hill HastingsHastings NepeanNepean The rest of Victoria can be found on the next page. 26 INSIDE THE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA ACTIVITY WORKBOOK The restofVictoria canbefoundonthenextpage. ACTIVITY FOUR Electorates Regional/Rural Districts MilduraMildura FrankstonFrankston SwanSwan HillHill I NS Swan Hill MurrayMurrayMurray ValleyValley I DE RodneyRodney BenambraBenambra T Shepparton HE BendigoBendigoBendigo PAR EastEastEast LowanLowan Bendigo Lowan West BenallaBenallaBenalla L IA BendigoBendigo MEN WestWest RiponRiponRipon SeymourSeymourSeymour BallaratBallaratBallarat T O MacedonMacedon WestWest GippslandGippsland EastEast East Evelyn F BallaratBallarat BallaratBallarat SEESEESEESEE VICTORIA ACTIVITY WORKBOOK VICTORIA Melton SEESEESEE Ballarat MeltonMelton INNERINNERINNERINNER GembrookGembrookGembrook East MAPMAPMAP MonbulkMonbulk LaraLaraLara NarracanNarracanNarracan GeelongGeelong South-WestSouth-West CoastCoast South-West Coast BassBassBass SouthSouth MorningtonMornington MorwellMorwell PolwarthPolwarth Polwarth BarwonBarwon HastingsHastings BellarineBellarine NepeanNepean GippslandGippslandGippsland SouthSouth South PRE-VISIT 27 PRE-VISIT ACTIVITY FOUR Electorates Mark (in red) the Electoral Region where you live. You can find your electorate at www.vec.vic.gov.au. Metropolitan Regions Northern Metropolitan Western Metropolitan Eastern Metropolitan Southern Metropolitan South Eastern Metropolitan The rest of Victoria can be found on the next page. 28 INSIDE THE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA ACTIVITY WORKBOOK PRE-VISIT ACTIVITY FOUR Electorates Regional/Rural Regions Eastern Victoria See Map Inset Northern Victoria s s s s s s s s Western Victoria INSIDE THE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA ACTIVITY WORKBOOK 29 POST-VISIT ACTIVITY FIVE The LA Chamber The L egislative Assembly is the ‘L ower House’ of the Victorian Parliament. It is in this Chamber that the Government is formed. 1 Tick which of these activities Opening of session Member interjecting and objects you saw in the Question Time Mace Legislative Assembly during Member making a speech your visit: Tick which of 2 these people associated with the Legislative Assembly you saw during your visit: Speaker Deputy Speaker Premier Leader of the Opposition Ministers Shadow Ministers Backbenchers Your Member Clerk Serjeant-at-Arms Hansard reporter THEN Mark on the diagram where you would see each of these people in the Legislative Assembly. 3 Mark on the map where you would find these groups: • Australian Labor Party • Government • Liberal Party • Opposition And this object: • The Nationals • Press • Mace • Independents • Public 30 INSIDE THE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA ACTIVITY WORKBOOK POST-VISIT ACTIVITY FIVE The LA Chamber 4 If you saw a Question Time, record your observations of these aspects: Who decides whose turn it is to ask a question? Who asks the questions? What sort of questions? Who replies? What sort of replies? How do others respond to the question? How do others respond to the answers? What is the atmosphere of the session? How was it reported in the media that night? Look at the booklet Inside the Parliament of Victoria • People of Parliament (page 17) • How does Parliament work? (page 24) • Hansard–recording Parliament (page 30) See F act Sheet B2 • Question Time (access fact sheets at www.parliament.vic.gov.au/publications/fact-sheets) INSIDE THE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA ACTIVITY WORKBOOK 31 POST-VISIT ACTIVITY SIX The LC Chamber The L egislative Council is the ‘Upper House’ of the Victorian Parliament. It is a ‘House of Review’. Tick which of these activities you saw in the Legislative Council 1 during your visit: Opening of session Question Time M ember making a speech M ember interjecting Tick which of these people associated with the Legislative Council 2 you saw during your visit: G overnor President D eputy President M inisters S hadow Ministers Backbenchers Your