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.

Aliases (1)

Australian House of Representatives ×9

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	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	Commonwealth of Australia →
locatedIn	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 (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Australia → Australian government → Dominion of Australia →	lowerHouse
Division of Kennedy ("Australian House of Representatives") → Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives →	partOf
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives ("Australian House of Representatives") →	appointedBy
Division of Riverina ("Australian House of Representatives") →	chamber
Member of Parliament →	electedTo
Capricornia ("Australian House of Representatives") →	governmentalBody
Parliament House, Canberra ("Australian House of Representatives") →	houses
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives ("Australian House of Representatives") →	legislativeChamberPresidedOver
Yirrkala bark petitions ("Australian House of Representatives") →	presentedTo
Fenner (Division) ("Australian House of Representatives") →	representedIn
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives ("Australian House of Representatives") →	represents
Government Chief Whip →	typicalChamber