Official Opposition (South Australia)

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The Official Opposition (South Australia) is the largest political party or coalition in the South Australian Parliament that is not in government and is tasked with scrutinising and challenging the policies and actions of the ruling administration.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Official Opposition (South Australia) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf institution of the Parliament of South Australia ⓘ
parliamentary opposition ⓘ
political role ⓘ
basedOn Westminster parliamentary tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
definedAs largest political party or coalition in the South Australian Parliament that is not in government ⓘ
eligibleEntity coalition of political parties represented in the Parliament of South Australia ⓘ
political party represented in the Parliament of South Australia ⓘ
governingDocument constitutional conventions of South Australia ⓘ
standing orders of the Parliament of South Australia ⓘ
hasComponent House of Assembly (South Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Legislative Council (South Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction participate in parliamentary committees ⓘ
provide alternative government-in-waiting ⓘ
question ministers in parliament ⓘ
represent views of voters not supporting the government ⓘ
scrutinise legislation ⓘ
hasPosition Deputy Leader of the Opposition (South Australia) ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition (South Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Opposition Whip (South Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shadow Treasurer (South Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
members of the Shadow Cabinet (South Australia) ⓘ
hasRight to receive certain parliamentary resources ⓘ
to respond formally to major government statements ⓘ
headedBy Leader of the Opposition (South Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction State of South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn South Australia ⓘ
opposes Government of South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Premier of South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Parliament of South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalOrientation varies depending on which party or coalition holds the role ⓘ
politicalSystem Westminster system ⓘ
role challenge actions of the ruling administration ⓘ
hold the government to account ⓘ
offer alternative policies ⓘ
scrutinise government policies ⓘ
selectionCriterion largest non‑government party or coalition in the Parliament of South Australia ⓘ
similarTo Official Opposition (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Official Opposition (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ
temporalQualifier changes after state elections or changes of government ⓘ
usesInstrument committee inquiries ⓘ
motions and amendments ⓘ
parliamentary debates ⓘ
parliamentary questions ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leader of the Opposition (South Australia) → isHeadOf → Official Opposition (South Australia) ⓘ