Legislative Assembly of Queensland

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lower house of parliament state legislative body unicameral legislative chamber

The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the unicameral state parliament’s lower house responsible for making laws and representing the people of Queensland, Australia.

Aliases (1)

Queensland Legislative Assembly ×4

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lower house of parliament → state legislative body → unicameral legislative chamber →
abolishedChamber	Legislative Council of Queensland →
budgetaryControl	state budget of Queensland →
buildingStyle	French Renaissance (Parliament House, Brisbane) →
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Queensland →
country	Australia →
electoralSystem	single-member districts →
electorateBasis	universal adult suffrage →
elects	Premier of Queensland (indirectly, via majority support) → Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland →
establishedInYear	1860 →
governmentFormedBy	party or coalition with majority of seats →
hasAuthorityOver	Queensland Government →
hasBroadcast	parliamentary proceedings broadcast online →
hasCommittee	parliamentary committees of the Queensland Parliament →
hasLeader	Premier of Queensland →
hasLegislativeProcedure	bill readings and committee stages →
hasSpeaker	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland →
houseType	unicameral →
isUnicameralSince	1922 →
jurisdiction	Queensland →
languageOfWork	English →
legislativeFunction	makes laws for Queensland →
locatedIn	Brisbane →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Queensland →
locatedInTimeZone	Australian Eastern Standard Time →
meetsIn	Parliament House, Brisbane →
meetsInLegislativeSession	Queensland parliamentary sessions →
minimumVotingAge	18 years →
numberOfMembers	93 →
officialWebsite	https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au →
oppositionLedBy	Leader of the Opposition (Queensland) →
oversightOf	Queensland public administration →
partOf	Parliament of Queensland →
power	controls supply and budget for Queensland Government → passes state legislation → scrutinises executive government →
precededBy	New South Wales Legislative Assembly (for the area that became Queensland) →
presidingOfficerTitle	Speaker →
represents	people of Queensland →
sessionRoom	Legislative Assembly Chamber, Parliament House, Brisbane →
symbol	Coat of Arms of Queensland →
termLength	4 years →
termType	fixed terms →
typeOfParliament	Westminster-style parliament →
usesVotingMethod	secret ballot →
votingSystem	full preferential voting →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Keppel ("Queensland Legislative Assembly") → Leader of the Opposition (Queensland) → Traeger ("Queensland Legislative Assembly") → parliamentary committees of the Queensland Parliament →	legislativeBody
Clerk of the Parliament of Queensland → Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland → Traeger ("Queensland Legislative Assembly") → parliamentary committees of the Queensland Parliament →	partOf
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland → parliamentary committees of the Queensland Parliament →	reportsTo
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland →	appointedBy
Queensland state elections →	elect
Keppel ("Queensland Legislative Assembly") →	electsTo
Premier of Queensland →	eligibleBody
Constitution of Queensland →	establishes
Queensland →	hasChamber
Parliament of Queensland →	hasComponent
Queensland state elections →	legislativeChamberElected
Leader of the Opposition (Queensland) →	officeHolderMustBeMemberOf
Legislative Council of Queensland →	oppositeChamber
Leader of the Opposition (Queensland) →	positionHeldIn