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Budgeting and Avoiding Scams

Consumer Affairs Victoria: education page
This page is from the government body that tries to educate people on how to avoid debt and being scammed by conmen.
Money Management
Whether you have a job, run your own business, or receive an allowance, understanding how to manage your money can help you survive and thrive. This page from the Queensland Government aims to provide you with some useful advice to help you to get in control of your money, to help you achieve your goals.

Australian Politics, Civics and Citizenship

Parliament at work
Check out this site for information on the political parties in Australia and the current parliamentarians.
The Australian Constitution
The Constitution is the basis for all our Laws today.
The Citizenship Pledge
This is the pledge that people getting Australian Citizenship make at their Citizenship Ceremony.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
These 30 articles, or points, were agreed upon by the United Nations in 1948. They made the declaration because they wanted the world to agree upon the rights of a human being, so that the horrors of World War 2 didn't happen again.

Consumerism and teens

This short video by the Australian Government, interviews financial experts about the pressure put on teens from advertisers, and the debt this creates.

Lindy Chamberlain case

Treasure explorer : Lindy Chamberlain
Discover fantastic evidence from the Lindy Chamberlain case, plus her diary entries while she was in prison, at this National Library of Australia webpage.
People : Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
This is a full list of the people - legal professionals and witnesses - involved in the Chamberlain case. This website is Lindy's own.
The story
This is the story of the case by Lindy herself. She expresses her frustration at the inconclusive coronial inquiries.
2012 findings
The findings of the 2012 coronial inquest into Azaria's death.

State Government links

Government of Victoria

Resources from the Parlimentary Education Office

The Parliamentary Education Office is part of the Australian Parliament House. It provides lots of resources at its website including the following documents...

Parliament NOW
Gives you a run-down of what the Parliament looks like at the moment.
The Australian Constitution
Take a closer look at how the Constitution works, from the Australian Parliament House website.
Parliamentary Glossary
Find out what all the terms used in Parliament actually mean.

Voting in Australia

Below are a list of websites with information about how people vote, how votes are counted, and what's required for a politican to be elected in Australia.

Australian Electoral Commission
This is the education page for the Australian Electoral Commission, which runs all the Federal Elections in Australia.
Victorian Electoral Commission
This government body organises all the state elections and local council elections.