Cover everything just to be sure?
A) what is the Westminster System?
It's the system on which the the Australian Parliament is based; where you have two houses, the upper and lower house. Bicameral.
This question is similar to the very first question on the 2010 exam "Outline the structure of the Victorian Parliament" and you said correctly that it is bicameral and that there are two houses, but I think that for you to gain the full 2 marks, you would need to mention that there is also a queens representative.
Hey could u have a shot at answering: Q. In the constitution, the executive power is vested in the queen. Does this mean that the queen makes decisions about what laws should be passed? Explain.
Also, you only lost 4 marks in the exam, is that seriously only a 42? I'm assuming your SACs must have let you down right? Is it easy to lose marks in legal studies? I know for I.T Apps, you have a very good score if you lose ~10ish marks, probably not the same for legal though right?
Would you mind uploading the 3 e-books?
Executive power is one of the principles of the separation of powers and it is the power to implement and administer laws. It is exercised by the Governor-General which is the queens representative. However, this does not mean that the queen makes laws about what laws should be passed as the governor-general acts on the advice of the government. Due to the queens representative acting on the advice of the government this will mean that the queens representative holds this power in theory but in practice it is wielded by the government therefore the queen doesn't directly makes decisions about what laws should be passed.
We never went into so much detail about the separation of powers last year so my answer might not be complete.
Yeah my SAC's last year let me down. Here is what I got:
GA1: A (87/100) GA2: A+ (94/100) GA3: A+ (112/120)
My friend got the same exam score as me but got nearly 100% on all his sacs and managed a study score of 45.
For legal this year the A+ cutoff was 53/60 and marks isn't that hard to lose. For questions that are worth 2 or 4 marks, you have to have specific points to gain full marks therefore they are harder to lose marks on. While, 6,8,10 mark questions are marked globally which means the examiner marks it not according to how many points you have, but the strength of your arguments so I find that these questions are easier to lose marks on.
If you get above 90% on all your sacs you should do fine study score wise.