Levels of Community Organisation

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Quizziz: Levels of Government and Services.

• A local government is known as a city council or shire council. 

• Local governments are responsible for: 

  • Maintaining infrastructure (such as local roads, footpaths and waste collection services)

  • Providing and maintaining recreation facilities (such as parks, sporting fields and swimming pools)

  • Managing health services (such as water and food inspections, noise control and immunisation services)

  • Providing community services (such as child care, welfare services and aged care accommodation

• The state government decision-making body is called the state parliament. 

• The State Government is responsible for: 

  • Justice (through the legal system)

  • Emergency services (police, ambulance and fire services).

  • Education (through public schools) 

  • Public transport (trains, buses and ferries)

  • Other transport-related services (maintenance and upgrades of main roads and highways) 

• Australia’s national government, also known as the federal government is run by the federal parliament. 

• The national government has three powers:

  • Legislative—the power to make laws

  • Executive—the power to enforce those laws

  • Judicial—the power to interpret those laws and to judge whether they apply to individual cases.

• Through these three powers, the national government identifies the needs of the Australian community and puts in place actions to meet these needs.

• Responsibilities of the Federal Government include:

  • Education and training 

  • Infrastructure- main roads 

  • Law and order 

  • Health and safety 

• The global community is made up of all the nations around the world. While each nation is responsible for issues affecting its own community, the global community must work together on a variety of issues to maintain global stability and provide the essential needs of the entire human race. The United Nations is an organisation that has been established to serve the needs of the global community. It discusses issues that affect the global community and makes decisions to effectively deal with these issues. 

• Issues addressed by the United Nations include:

  • Peace and security (including peacekeeping, disarmament and counter-terrorism)

  • Development (including international trade, population management, science, technology and productivity)

  • Health and Humanity - WHO - World Health Organisation

View the following website: NSW Education - Resource Allocation Model 

• Summarise the key points of the website.

• Which level of Government is active in RAM?

What are the limitations of a global community organisation?

Global communities are much more difficult to define because the boundaries are not clear and their areas of responsibility may differ depending on the issue. 

Values and beliefs vary greatly between different countries so it may be difficult for the world to agree on issues which affect the global community. 

1. Classify the following areas according to the level of government that has this responsibility:

Childcare | Defence | Immigration | Postal Services | Police | Education (public schools) | Public libraries | 

Waste Collection |Transport (public) | Road Laws | Sport Grounds | Building Inspections | Bushfire Brigades

Telecommunications |

2. Choose one area of responsibility. Justify why it is suitable for the particular level of community organisation. 

In four groups (each are given a level of organisation) you are to identify how education needs are met. Give examples of programs. 

How can different levels of government meet ONE specific need? (6 Marks)

Intro:

• • Outline the three levels of government.

  • Introduce the specific need you will discuss.

Paragraph one: Local Government

• • D: Define the level of government an what program or law used meets the need.

  • E: Explain how it meets the need.

  • E: Provide an example to support your explanation 

  • L: Link back to question 

Paragraph two: State Government

• • D: Define the level of government an what program or law used meets the need.

  • E: Explain how it meets the need.

  • E: Provide an example to support your explanation 

  • L: Link back to question 

Paragraph three: Federal Government

• • D: Define the level of government an what program or law used meets the need.

  • E: Explain how it meets the need.

  • E: Provide an example to support your explanation 

  • L: Link back to question