Senate of Australia

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legislative body upper house of parliament

The Senate of Australia is the federal parliament's upper chamber, representing the states and territories and reviewing legislation proposed by the House of Representatives.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Australian Senate	31
Senate of Australia canonical	20

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ upper house of parliament ⓘ
buildingChamberColor	red ⓘ
chamberOf	Parliament of Australia ⓘ
committeeRole	conduct inquiries ⓘ scrutinise legislation ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Australian Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalRole	protect smaller states ⓘ provide federal balance ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
createdBy	Australian Constitution ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900
disputeResolutionMechanism	double dissolution ⓘ joint sitting of Parliament ⓘ
electoralDivision	states and territories as multi-member constituencies ⓘ
firstMeetingDate	1901-05-09 ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	yes ⓘ
hasHouseType	upper house ⓘ
hasMemberType	Senator ⓘ
hasPower	block supply bills ⓘ establish select committees ⓘ summon witnesses to committees ⓘ
hasQuorum	one quarter of senators ⓘ
hasVotingSystem	proportional representation ⓘ single transferable vote ⓘ
jurisdiction	Australia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Australia
language	English ⓘ
legislativePower	can initiate legislation except money bills ⓘ may reject or amend bills ⓘ reviews legislation from the House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn	Canberra ⓘ
meetsIn	Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
moneyBillsRestriction	cannot originate or amend appropriation and taxation bills ⓘ may request amendments to money bills ⓘ
numberOfMembers	76 ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of Australia ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the Senate ⓘ
relationToLowerHouse	co-equal legislative authority except for money bills ⓘ
renewalPattern	half-Senate elections approximately every 3 years ⓘ
role	house of review ⓘ legislative chamber ⓘ represents states and territories ⓘ
shortName	the Senate ⓘ
stateRepresentation	12 senators per state ⓘ
termLength	6 years for state senators ⓘ up to 3 years for territory senators ⓘ
territoryRepresentation	2 senators per territory ⓘ
website	https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

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

Australia → upperHouse → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Parliament of Australia → hasComponent → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Parliament of Australia → legislativeChamber → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Parliament of Australia → upperHouse → Senate of Australia ⓘ

House of Representatives of Australia → relatedChamber → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Parliament House, Canberra → houses → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Dominion of Australia → upperHouse → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Australian government → upperHouse → Senate of Australia ⓘ

the House → otherChamber → Senate of Australia ⓘ

President of the Australian Senate → legislativeChamber → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

President of the Australian Senate → reportsTo → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Currency Act 1963 → chamber → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Australian Greens → parliamentaryRepresentation → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Margaret Guilfoyle → legislativeBody → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Australian Senate elections → legislativeBody → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

National Party of Australia → operatesIn → Senate of Australia ⓘ

LPA → representedIn → Senate of Australia ⓘ

subject surface form: Liberal Party of Australia

Vida Goldstein → ranForOffice → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Liberal National Party of Queensland → operatesIn → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security → chamberRepresentation → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Nationalist Party of Australia → representedIn → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Acts of the Parliament of Australia → legislativeBody → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Acts of the Parliament of Australia → requiresApprovalOf → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Pauline Hanson → memberOf → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

States → areRepresentedIn → Senate of Australia ⓘ

subject surface form: States of Australia

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Commonwealth government → legislativeChamber → Senate of Australia ⓘ

United Australia Party → representedIn → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Commonwealth → upperHouse → Senate of Australia ⓘ

subject surface form: Commonwealth of Australia

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Joe Bullock → legislativeBody → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Joe Bullock → resignedFrom → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Liberal–National Coalition → operatesInChamber → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Australian parliamentary broadcasting → appliesTo → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 → chamberInvolved → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Clerk of the Senate (Australia) → jurisdiction → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Clerk of the Senate (Australia) → chamber → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Deputy President of the Australian Senate → partOf → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Deputy President of the Australian Senate → appointedBy → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Chair of Committees of the Australian Senate → partOf → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Chair of Committees of the Australian Senate → legislativeBody → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Chair of Committees of the Australian Senate → appointedBy → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Chair of Committees of the Australian Senate → reportsTo → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Sir Richard Baker → memberOf → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Deputy Prime Minister of Australia → officeHoldersMayBeFrom → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Special Minister of State of Australia → memberOf → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Pauline Hanson's One Nation → legislativeFocus → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Pauline Hanson's One Nation → parliamentaryRepresentation → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

Politics of Australia → upperHouse → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1978 → legislativeBody → Senate of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Senate

ALP → representedIn → Senate of Australia ⓘ

Labor Party → operatesIn → Senate of Australia ⓘ

subject surface form: Australian Labor Party

this entity surface form: Australian Senate