Parliament of Queensland

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public authority state parliament unicameral legislature

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Queensland Parliament	1
unicameral Parliament of Queensland	1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

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 ⓘ

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly 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 ⓘ