Australia has a federal system of government in which there is a national government and six state governments.

The national government is also known as the federal , Commonwealth or Australian government.

Local government is controlled by state governments. They have the power to establish and abolish all local government bodies.

1. CURRENT HEADS OF GOVERNMENT – a table showing all current Federal and State Governments, Premiers, Opposition Leaders and Parties.

• Current Living Former Prime Ministers, Premiers and Chief Ministers

2. TABLE OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS SINCE 1930 – a colour-coded table showing Labor and non-Labor governments in all Australian parliaments since 1930.

3. FEDERAL, STATE AND TERRITORY ELECTION DATES SINCE 1901

4. THE STATES AND TERRITORIES

• VICTORIA
• NEW SOUTH WALES
• QUEENSLAND
• SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• TASMANIA
• AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
• NORTHERN TERRITORY

5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT