Parliament of Australia

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bicameral legislature federal legislature parliament

The Parliament of Australia is the federal bicameral legislature of the Commonwealth of Australia, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, responsible for making national laws and overseeing the government.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Parliament of Australia canonical 148
Australian Parliament 16
Commonwealth Parliament 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
buildingOpened 1988 ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Australian Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900
country Australia ⓘ
createdBy Australian Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Australia
electoralCycleLowerHouse maximum three-year terms ⓘ
electoralCycleUpperHouse staggered six-year terms ⓘ
foundationDate 1901-01-01 ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasBroadcastService ParlView ⓘ
hasComponent Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
House of Representatives ⓘ
Monarch of Australia ⓘ
Senate of Australia ⓘ
hasLibrary Parliamentary Library of Australia ⓘ
headOfStateRepresentative Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
headOfStateRole King of Australia ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of Australia
jurisdiction Australia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Australia
language English ⓘ
legislativeChamber House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate of Australia ⓘ
location Canberra ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives ⓘ
meetingPlaceCity Canberra ⓘ
meetingPlaceTerritory Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) ⓘ
surface form: Australian Capital Territory
meetsAt Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
officialName Parliament of Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
power amend the Constitution of Australia ⓘ
approve federal budget ⓘ
declare war on advice of the executive ⓘ
enact federal statutes ⓘ
establish federal courts ⓘ
regulate interstate and international trade ⓘ
previousMeetingPlace Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
role controls public finances at the federal level ⓘ
debates national issues ⓘ
makes federal laws ⓘ
oversees the Government of Australia ⓘ
represents the people of Australia ⓘ
scrutinises executive government ⓘ
shortName Parliament of Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Australian Parliament
supervises Australian government ⓘ
surface form: Government of Australia
upperHouse Senate of Australia ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse instant-runoff voting ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse single transferable vote ⓘ
website https://www.aph.gov.au/ ⓘ

Referenced by (176)

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

Australia → legislature → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Australia Day → observedBy → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian government
Senate of Australia → partOf → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Senate of Australia → chamberOf → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Parliament of Australia → officialName → Parliament of Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
Parliament of Australia → shortName → Parliament of Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Parliament
House of Representatives of Australia → partOf → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Australian National University → governedBy → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Parliament
Reserve Bank of Australia → reportsTo → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Canberra → hostsInstitution → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Royal Assent → appliesTo → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Dominion of Australia → legislature → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Australia Act 1986 → enactedBy → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Australian Constitution → establishes → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commonwealth Parliament
Australian Constitution → legislativePowerVestedIn → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Parliament
Australian government → legislativeBranch → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Australian government → isAccountableTo → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Parliamentary Library of Australia → serves → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Parliamentary Library of Australia → governedBy → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
ParlView → operator → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
ParlView → serviceArea → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Parliament
ParlView → owner → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Parliament House, Melbourne → housed → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Australian Electoral Commission → reportsTo → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
the House → partOf → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Kim Beazley → legislativeBody → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives → partOf → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Department of Parliamentary Services → jurisdiction → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Department of Parliamentary Services → parentOrganization → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Great Hall → usedBy → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Hall (Parliament House, Canberra)
Members’ Hall → governingBody → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Reserve Bank Act 1959 → enactedBy → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Reserve Bank Act 1959 → legislature → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Parliament
Payments System Board → reportsTo → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Yirrkala bark petitions → presentedTo → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Parliament
President of the Australian Senate → partOf → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
President of the Australian Senate → governmentBranch → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Australia
Corporations Act 2001 → enactedBy → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 → legislature → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Treasury (Australia) → reportsTo → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 → legislativeBody → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
National Cabinet of Australia → reportsTo → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Commonwealth Bank Act 1911 → legislativeBody → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Commonwealth Bank Act 1911 → enactedBy → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Australian Notes Act 1910 → legislature → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Lyne → governmentalBody → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Currency Act 1963 → legislativeBody → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Murray–Darling Basin Authority → legislatedBy → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water → responsibleTo → Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Fenner → jurisdiction → Parliament of Australia ⓘ