Four distinctive features of the australian ballot are:
a. it is an secret ballot
b. names of all candidates appear on a single ballot
c. it is a short ballot
d. it is prepared by the state or county at public expense or e)it is printed by the state's majority party f)it is distributed at polling places by election officials

The correct options are:A - B D - F

The Commonwealth of Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 when the six British self-governing colonies agreed to unite as one nation. These colonies became the six states of Australia. The written agreement is the Australian Constitution. This was written in a Constitutional Convention and voted by the people of the colonies.

The way in which the Australian Government is organized can be considered in two ways. The first is federalism, which organizes the way in which powers are distributed between the Australian Government and the state governments. The second is the separation of powers in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government. The Constitution supports the separation of powers in the way in which it establishes the functions of the powers of the State.