Parliament of Western Australia

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bicameral legislature legislative body legislative chamber lower house parliament upper house

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

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Western Australian Legislative Assembly 0
Western Australian Legislative Council 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
legislative chamber ⓘ
legislative chamber ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem Australian legal system ⓘ
budgetaryPower controls state public expenditure ⓘ
coatOfArms coat of arms of Western Australia ⓘ
surface form: Coat of arms of Western Australia
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Western Australia ⓘ
surface form: Constitution Act 1889 (Western Australia)
country Australia ⓘ
electoralCycleLowerHouse fixed four-year terms ⓘ
electoralCycleUpperHouse fixed four-year terms ⓘ
establishedIn 1890 ⓘ
governs Western Australia ⓘ
surface form: State of Western Australia
hasCommittee Estimates and Financial Operations Committee (Western Australia) ⓘ
Legislation Committee (Western Australia) ⓘ
Public Accounts Committee (Western Australia) ⓘ
hasComponent Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
surface form: Western Australian Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ
surface form: Western Australian Legislative Council
hasHansard Western Australian Parliamentary Debates ⓘ
hasLibrary Parliamentary Library of Western Australia ⓘ
hasPresident President of the Western Australian Legislative Council ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAccountableTo Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
surface form: Western Australian Legislative Assembly
houseType lower house ⓘ
isUnicameral no ⓘ
jurisdiction Western Australia ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Government of Western Australia ⓘ
location Perth ⓘ
mainFunction government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
representation of citizens ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament House, Perth ⓘ
meetsInTimeZone Australian Western Standard Time ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
oversees Government of Western Australia ⓘ
partOf Westminster system in Western Australia ⓘ
passes Acts of Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ
precededBy Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ
supervises public administration in Western Australia ⓘ
symbol Black swan ⓘ
typeOfState state parliament of Australia ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse full preferential voting ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse proportional representation ⓘ
website https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/ ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Governor of Western Australia → associatedWith → Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ
University of Western Australia → foundedBy → Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ
Western Australia → governingBody → Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ
Government of Western Australia → hasComponent → Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ
Government of Western Australia → legislativeBranch → Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ
Government of Western Australia → legislatureName → Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ
Premier of Western Australia → reportsTo → Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ