POLICIES, GOVERNMENT & RELIGION
Policies and Government.
Legislature: Parliament of Australia, including the Queen, the Senate and House of Representatives. The Queen is represented by the Governor General, who in practice exercises constitutional power only with the approval of the Prime Minister.
Executive branch: the Federal Executive Council. In practice, the councilors are the Prime Minister and Ministers of State.
Judiciary: the High Court of Australia and other federal courts.
Religion.
AUSTRALIA
61.1% of Australians identify themselves as Christians, 25.3% of Australians was a Roman Catholic, Anglican was 17.1% and 18.7% other Protestant or Orthodox religions. Australian followers of non-Christian religions comprise 7.3% of the population, 2.5% were Buddhists, 2.2% Muslim, 1.3% Hindu and 0.5% profess Judaism.
