First Principles of Business Law

Question 4

Read the statements below and decide which is the most accurate. Click on the statement you think is correct.

(a) The Commonwealth, the states and the self-governing territories each have their own government, which means that in Australia there are 9 separate governments, each with real power to govern.

(b) Although the states and self-governing territories have retained a theoretical right of government, in reality there is only one government with real power in Australia and that is the Commonwealth government.