NT Legislative Assembly

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The NT Legislative Assembly is the unicameral parliament of Australia's Northern Territory, responsible for making laws and representing the Territory's residents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliament
subnational legislature
unicameral legislature
abbreviation NTLA
appoints Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
canBeDissolvedBy Administrator of the Northern Territory
country Australia
countrySubdivision Northern Territory
dateEstablished 1974
electionFrequency every 4 years
electoralSystem single-member districts
electorateBasis universal adult suffrage
establishedBy Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1978
surface form: Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
governingDocument Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1978
surface form: Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978

Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly
governmentBranch legislative branch
hasChiefMinister Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
hasCommittees select committees
standing committees
hasNumberOfHouses 1
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
hasVotingSystem full preferential voting
hasWebsite https://parliament.nt.gov.au/
houseType unicameral
jurisdiction Northern Territory
languageOfWork English
legalStatus territorial parliament under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia
legislativeBodyFor Northern Territory
locatedIn Darwin
meetingPlace Parliament House, Darwin
memberTitle Member of the Legislative Assembly
numberOfMembers 25
oversightOf Northern Territory public administration
partOf Northern Territory Government
surface form: Government of the Northern Territory
precededBy Northern Territory Legislative Council
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker
responsibleFor amending and repealing Northern Territory laws
passing the Northern Territory budget
role controls public expenditure in the Northern Territory
makes laws for the Northern Territory
represents residents of the Northern Territory
scrutinises the Northern Territory Government
sessionType plenary sessions
termLength 4 years
usesCommitteeSystem true

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Northern Territory Legislative Assembly shortName NT Legislative Assembly