Senate

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The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Australia, serving as a states’ house and a house of review for federal legislation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
upper house of parliament
canBlock supply bills
cannotOriginate appropriation bills
taxation bills
chamberColor red
committeeTypes joint committees
select committees
standing committees
constitutionalBasis Australian Constitution
constitutionalSection Chapter I of the Australian Constitution
country Australia
electionMethod direct election by the people
electoralAuthority Australian Electoral Commission
electoralDivision state-wide for states
territory-wide for territories
establishedBy Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)
surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900
establishedInYear 1901
firstSittingYear 1901
hasCommitteeSystem true
hasWebsite https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
language English
legislativePower federal legislation
location Parliament House, Canberra
meetsIn Senate chamber
meetsInCity Canberra
minimumAgeOfCandidates 18 years
minimumAgeOfVoters 18 years
numberOfMembers 76
numberOfStateSenatorsPerState 12
numberOfTerritorySenatorsPerTerritory 2
partOf Parliament of Australia
power to amend legislation
to establish committees
to pass legislation
to reject legislation
to scrutinise the executive government
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate
relatedChamber House of Representatives of Australia
surface form: House of Representatives (Australia)
represents states of Australia
territories of Australia
role house of review
states’ house
termLengthStateSenators 6 years
termLengthTerritorySenators linked to House of Representatives term
votingEligibility Australian citizens enrolled to vote
votingSystem proportional representation
single transferable vote

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