Appoint people to be the Speaker, the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, Ministers and Shadow Ministers, and backbenchers. Research the histories, policies, important people and events of each of the main political parties. Choose an important aspect for each class member and present the findings in a series of posters for classroom display. Find out which tier of government is responsible for providing each of the activities mentioned in the dot points on page 17 to 18. Some of these activities are not the sole responsibility of government.
Taxes are always a very contentious issue.
Research the names of all the Federal or your local State Government Ministers and the titles of the departments for which each is responsible. You should be able to use the internet as a fast method of locating the relevant information - Parliament House in Canberra has its own net site. Do a class project covering all the departments. If you wish to write to each department, they will have materials they can send you. Be sure to set out your letter in modern formal style with names, titles, addresses and dates in the conventional positions.