Australian Politics

Like the United States, Australia is made up of states. There are six states, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, and South Australia. Like the US, there are state governments and a federal government. There are state parliaments and a national parliament. All of the parliaments, except for one state have an upper and a lower house. The heads of the states are called premiers. The head of the country is the prime minister. The current prime minister for the country is Tony Abbot.