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Government and the Law › Government Structure
What areas are the responsibility of the federal government in Australia?
- Education, health and local roads
- Police, courts and public transport
- Defence, foreign affairs, immigration, taxation and social security
Why this is the correct answer
Because some responsibilities such as defence and immigration affect the whole nation, the Constitution gives them exclusively to the federal government. State governments have no role in foreign policy, and the federal government does not manage local roads.