Parliament of Queensland

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The Parliament of Queensland is the unicameral legislative body governing the Australian state of Queensland, responsible for making state laws and overseeing the government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public authority
state parliament
unicameral legislature
abolishedChamber Legislative Council of Queensland
appliesToJurisdiction Queensland
archives Hansard
surface form: Hansard (official parliamentary debates record)
budgetaryFunction authorises public expenditure in Queensland
buildingStyle French Renaissance Revival (Parliament House, Brisbane)
ceremonialHead Governor of Queensland
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Queensland
country Australia
electorateBasis single-member electoral districts
elects Premier of Queensland
surface form: Premier of Queensland (indirectly)

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
establishedInYear 1860
governs Queensland Government
surface form: executive government of Queensland
governsArea 1,852,642 square kilometres (approximate area of Queensland)
hasAuthorityOver state legislation in Queensland
hasBroadcast live webcasts of parliamentary proceedings
hasClerk Clerk of the Parliament of Queensland
hasComponent Legislative Assembly of Queensland
hasLibrary Queensland Parliamentary Library
hasMotto “Audax at Fidelis” (for the state whose parliament it is)
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPresidingOfficer Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
hasSecurity European Parliament Security Service
surface form: Parliamentary Security Service
hasSessionType sittings of the Legislative Assembly
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
hasTermLength fixed four-year terms
hasVotingSystem optional preferential voting
hasWebsite https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/
headOfGovernmentReportsTo Parliament of Queensland self-link
houseType unicameral
isPartOf constitutional monarchy of Australia
lastUpperHouseAbolitionYear 1922
legislativeBodyFor Queensland Government
legislativeFunction makes state laws for Queensland
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Brisbane
Queensland
locatedInTimeZone Australian Eastern Standard Time
meetsIn Parliament House, Brisbane
meetsInBuilding Parliament House, Brisbane
surface form: Queensland Parliament House
numberOfHouses 1
oversightFunction oversees Queensland Government
partOf Westminster system
surface form: Westminster system in Australia
precededBy Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral)
surface form: New South Wales colonial legislature (for the area that became Queensland)
replaced bicameral parliament of Queensland
scrutinyMechanism parliamentary committees
typeOfRepresentation representative democracy

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Legislative Council of Queensland chamberOf Parliament of Queensland
Queensland state elections elect Parliament of Queensland
this entity surface form: Queensland Parliament
Queensland Parliamentary Library employer Parliament of Queensland
Brisbane City Council foundedBy Parliament of Queensland
Leader of the Opposition (Queensland) governingBody Parliament of Queensland
Queensland Government hasLegislature Parliament of Queensland
Traeger hasRepresentationIn Parliament of Queensland
Legislative Council of Queensland hasSuccessor Parliament of Queensland
this entity surface form: unicameral Parliament of Queensland
Parliament of Queensland headOfGovernmentReportsTo Parliament of Queensland self-link
Constitution of Queensland isEnactedBy Parliament of Queensland
Queensland legislature Parliament of Queensland
Queensland Parliamentary Library operatedBy Parliament of Queensland
Parliament House, Brisbane operator Parliament of Queensland
Clerk of the Parliament of Queensland partOf Parliament of Queensland
Leader of the Opposition (Queensland) partOf Parliament of Queensland
Legislative Assembly of Queensland partOf Parliament of Queensland
Legislative Council of Queensland partOf Parliament of Queensland
Constitution of Queensland regulates Parliament of Queensland
Premier of Queensland reportsTo Parliament of Queensland
Queensland Parliamentary Library serves Parliament of Queensland
Coat of Arms of Queensland usedBy Parliament of Queensland
Governor of Queensland worksWith Parliament of Queensland