Legislative Assembly of Western Australia

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legislative chamber lower house of parliament public authority

The Legislative Assembly of Western Australia is the popularly elected chamber of the state’s Parliament responsible for initiating legislation and forming the government.

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Label Occurrences
Legislative Assembly of Western Australia canonical 6
Western Australian Legislative Assembly 6
Western Australian Legislative Assembly (by convention) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative chamber ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
public authority ⓘ
abbreviation LA ⓘ
budgetBillsMustOriginateIn Legislative Assembly of Western Australia self-link ⓘ
canDismissGovernmentBy vote of no confidence ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Western Australia ⓘ
surface form: Constitution Act 1889 (Western Australia)
country Australia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Western Australia ⓘ
surface form: state of Western Australia
electoralSystemFeature compulsory voting for eligible citizens ⓘ
elects Premier of Western Australia ⓘ
surface form: Premier of Western Australia (by convention, via majority support)

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
establishedIn 1890 ⓘ
hasChamberType lower house ⓘ
hasFixedTerms true ⓘ
hasHouseColor green ⓘ
hasLeaderOfGovernmentTitle Premier of Western Australia ⓘ
hasLegislativePowerOver state matters under the Australian Constitution ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 59 ⓘ
hasOppositionLeaderTitle Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction control public finance ⓘ
pass state legislation ⓘ
scrutinise the executive government ⓘ
hasSessionType parliamentary sessions ⓘ
hasTypeOfRepresentation single-member electorates ⓘ
hasVotingSystem full preferential voting ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au ⓘ
isBicameralPartnerOf Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ
surface form: Western Australian Legislative Council
isComponentOf Westminster-style parliamentary system in Western Australia ⓘ
isElectedBy popular vote ⓘ
jurisdiction Western Australia ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Western Australia ⓘ
legislativeTerm four years ⓘ
locatedIn Perth ⓘ
surface form: Perth, Western Australia
meetsAt Parliament House, Perth ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament House, Perth ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Assembly Chamber, Parliament House, Perth
membersCalled Members of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ
precededBy Legislative Council of Western Australia as sole chamber ⓘ
role forms government ⓘ
initiates legislation ⓘ
represents the people of Western Australia ⓘ
supervises Government of Western Australia ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Government of Western Australia → lowerHouse → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
Government of Western Australia → hasElectionsFor → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
Parliament of Western Australia → hasComponent → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Parliament of Western Australia → headOfGovernmentAccountableTo → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Premier of Western Australia → memberOf → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Assembly (by convention)
Premier of Western Australia → hasComponentChamber → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Cabinet of Western Australia → responsibleTo → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
Legislative Council of Western Australia → hasChamber → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Western Australia → budgetBillsMustOriginateIn → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia self-link ⓘ
Parliament House, Perth → houses → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly → partOf → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly → presidesOver → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly → represents → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly → represents → Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Assembly in its relations with the Crown