Australian state
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- noun
- Australian
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estado australiano
- The authority of the minister responsible for road safety in each Australian state was particularly emphasized, and American interviewees identified the importance of state legislators acting as the main sponsors of bills regulating novice drivers.
Examples
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Several Australian states, as well as the federal government, have been ruled by a coalition of the Liberal and National parties.
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Politically unrealistic, but there is a solution to the problem of Democratic voters being more tightly packed than Republican voters: adopt the model implemented in the Australian state of South Australia.
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Local Australian state officials seemed unable to handle this investigation alone.
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The Australian state will do just that.
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Cases also occurred in other southern Australian states.
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Cumulative harm is a concept adopted in child protection law in the Australian state of Victoria.
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A number of Australian states have established funds to safeguard wildlife habitats by purchasing private land and reselling it subject to conservation easements.
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A report in the Australian Daily Telegraph today reveals that a program teaching that it is wrong to regard heterosexuality as the norm for relationships is being piloted in 12 schools in the Australian state of New South Wales.
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In many Australian states, along with the visual arts—art, craft, and design—and the performing arts—dance, drama, and music—a seventh twentieth-century art form, media, is recognized.
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Each Australian state has its own set of laws and regulations that differ from the others.
Synonyms
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A country or region that has its own government
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'one of the main territorial divisions that make up the Commonwealth of Australia' is directly derivable from combining 'Australian' (relating to Australia) with 'state' (a regional political or administrative entity). This adjective+noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and immediately interpretable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Australian state comes from when several parts of Australia joined to make one country but each part kept its 'own government', so each large area stayed a state. That's why today Australian state means a main area of Australia with its own government and laws.