Parliament of South Australia

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bicameral legislature legislative body state parliament

The Parliament of South Australia is the bicameral legislative body of the Australian state of South Australia, responsible for making state laws and overseeing the government.

Aliases (1)

South Australian Parliament ×1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature → legislative body → state parliament →
appliesToJurisdiction	South Australia →
buildingStyle	neoclassical architecture (Parliament House, Adelaide) →
constitutionalBasis	Constitution Act 1934 (South Australia) →
coordinates	34.9233°S 138.5997°E →
country	Australia →
countrySubdivision	South Australia →
governmentSystem	Westminster system →
hasCommittee	parliamentary committees of South Australia →
hasDocument	Standing Orders of the Parliament of South Australia →
hasJurisdiction	state laws of South Australia →
hasLowerHouse	House of Assembly →
hasPart	House of Assembly → Legislative Council →
hasPresidingOfficer	President of the South Australian Legislative Council →
hasSpeaker	Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly →
hasUpperHouse	Legislative Council →
hasWebsite	https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/ →
inception	1857 →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legislativeBranchOf	Government of South Australia →
legislativeChamber	House of Assembly → Legislative Council →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Adelaide → South Australia →
mainFunction	making state laws → overseeing the Government of South Australia →
meetingPlace	Parliament House, Adelaide →
numberOfHouses	2 →
oversightOf	Executive Council of South Australia →
partOf	political system of South Australia →
passes	Acts of the Parliament of South Australia →
predecessor	Legislative Council of South Australia (unicameral) →
replaces	unicameral Legislative Council of South Australia →
seat	Adelaide →
sessionType	parliamentary sessions →
shortName	South Australian Parliament →
votingSystemLowerHouse	full preferential voting →
votingSystemUpperHouse	proportional representation →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Government of South Australia → South Australia → South Australia →	legislature
House of Assembly of South Australia → Legislative Council of South Australia →	partOf
Parliament of South Australia ("South Australian Parliament") →	shortName