House of Representatives of Australia

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chamber of the Parliament of Australia lower house of parliament

The House of Representatives of Australia is the popularly elected chamber of the federal Parliament responsible for initiating most legislation and forming the national government.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Australian House of Representatives 55
House of Representatives of Australia canonical 25
House of Representatives (Australia) 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
buildingOpened 1988 ⓘ
canDissolve yes ⓘ
color green ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Australian Constitution ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
createdBy Australian Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900
currentPresidingOfficerTitle Speaker ⓘ
dissolutionType double dissolution ⓘ
general dissolution ⓘ
electoralBasis federal electoral divisions ⓘ
single-member electorates ⓘ
electoralCommission Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
established 1901 ⓘ
governmentFormedIn House of Representatives ⓘ
hasBroadcastCoverage yes ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 151 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite yes ⓘ
houseType popularly elected chamber ⓘ
inspiredBy House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Australia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Australia
locatedIn Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) ⓘ
surface form: Australian Capital Territory

Canberra ⓘ
meetsAt Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
minimumMembersPerState 5 ⓘ
nickname the House ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Australia ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
previousMeetingPlace Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ
relatedChamber Senate of Australia ⓘ
responsibleFor confidence in the government ⓘ
role controls supply and appropriation bills ⓘ
forms the national government ⓘ
initiates most federal legislation ⓘ
represents the people of Australia ⓘ
scrutinises the executive government ⓘ
sectionOfConstitution Section 24 of the Australian Constitution ⓘ
termLength up to 3 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislation appropriation bills ⓘ
taxation bills ⓘ
votingSystem instant-runoff voting ⓘ
preferential voting ⓘ

Referenced by (83)

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

Australia → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Parliament House, Canberra → houses → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Division of Riverina → chamber → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Dominion of Australia → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Fenner (Division) → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Government Chief Whip → typicalChamber → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Australian government → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives → partOf → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives → legislativeChamberPresidedOver → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives → represents → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives → appointedBy → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Yirrkala bark petitions → presentedTo → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Capricornia → governmentalBody → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Kennedy → partOf → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Kennedy
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Members of Parliament → electedTo → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Member of Parliament
Lyne → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Currency Act 1963 → chamber → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Hunter → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Hunter
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Fenner → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Australian Greens → parliamentaryRepresentation → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Division of Kooyong → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Farrer → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Paterson → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Paterson
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Stanley Bruce → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Indi → house → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Indi
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Indi → electsTo → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Indi
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
National Party of Australia → operatesIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
LPA → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Liberal Party of Australia
Vida Goldstein → ranForOffice → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Liberal National Party of Queensland → operatesIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security → chamberRepresentation → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
John Howard → memberOf → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Nationalist Party of Australia → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Acts of the Parliament of Australia → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Acts of the Parliament of Australia → requiresApprovalOf → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Royal Style and Titles Act 1973 → introducedInChamber → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Executive Government of the Commonwealth → mustMaintainConfidenceOf → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
States → areRepresentedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: States of Australia
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Commonwealth government → legislativeChamber → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
United Australia Party → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Commonwealth → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Commonwealth of Australia
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Durack → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Liberal–National Coalition → operatesInChamber → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Cowper → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Cowper
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Anthony Albanese → house → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Australian parliamentary broadcasting → appliesTo → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Lingiari → representedIn → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Solomon → parliamentaryBody → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives
Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 → chamberInvolved → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Macquarie → electsTo → House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Macquarie
this entity surface form: Australian House of Representatives