Which document outlines the framework of how Australia is governed?

• A. Constitution Act
• B. Legal Code
• C. Australian Constitution
• D. Charter of Rights

Answer: (C)

The main idea being tested is what document establishes how Australia is run—the structure of government, who has power, and how laws are made.

That document is the Australian Constitution. It creates the Commonwealth Parliament, sets out the roles of the executive and the Governor-General as the Crown’s representative, and establishes the judiciary (including the High Court). It also defines the federal system, specifying the powers of the national government and the states, and it provides the method for changing the framework through a referendum, with the Constitution acting as the supreme law that ordinary laws must comply with.

Why the others don’t fit: a Constitution Act isn’t the standard term used for Australia’s founding document; a Legal Code refers to the body of laws themselves rather than the framework that organizes government; a Charter of Rights would be a single rights-protecting document, but Australia does not have a national charter of rights that outlines how the country is governed.