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Legislative Assembly Of Queensland
The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly has 93 members, who have used the letters MP after their names since 2000 (previously they were styled MLAs). There is approximately the same population in each electorate; however, that has not always been the case (in particular, a malapportionment system - not, strictly speaking, a gerrymander - dubbed the '' Bjelkemander'' was in effect during the 1970s and 1980s). The Assembly first sat in May 1860 and produced Australia's first Hansard in April 1864. Following the outcome of the 2015 election, successful amendments to the electoral act in early 2016 include: adding an additional four parliamentary seats from 89 to 93, changing from optional preferential voting to full-preferential voting, and moving from unfixed three-year t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Parliament Of Queensland
The 58th Parliament of Queensland is the current meeting of the unicameral chamber of the Queensland Parliament known as the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly. The 2024 Queensland state election, 2024 state election gave the Liberal National Party of Queensland a Majority government, majority in parliament, winning 52 of 93 seats to defeat the incumbent Queensland Labor Party, Labor government. Following the election, Liberal National leader David Crisafulli became the Premiership of David Crisafulli, 41st Premier of Queensland and was sworn in by the governor of Queensland, Jeannette Young, on 28 October 2024. The 58th Parliament opened on 26 November 2024. Major events and legislation 2024 * As part of David Crisafulli's election campaign, he pledged that the Liberal National's "making Queensland safer" laws targeting youth crime would be legislated before Christmas. Following Crisafulli's election victory, thMaking Queensland Safer Bill 2024was introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opposition (Queensland)
The Opposition in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland comprises the largest party or coalition of parties not in Government of Queensland, Government. The Opposition's purpose is to hold the Government to account and constitute a "Government-in-waiting" should the existing Government fall. To that end, a Leader of the Opposition (Queensland), Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Ministers for the various government departments question the Premier of Queensland, Premier and Ministers on Government policy and administration, and formulate the policy the Opposition would pursue in Government. It is sometimes styled "Loyal opposition, His Majesty's Loyal Opposition" to demonstrate that although it opposes the Government, it remains loyal to the King. At times, the Opposition consisted of more than one party, notably when the Coalition (Australia), Coalition parties (the state National Party of Australia, Nationals and Liberal Party of Australia, Lib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Queensland Legislative Assembly
This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament. See also * Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts This is a list of current and former Electoral district, electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the Parliaments of the Australian states and territories, state legislature for Queensland, Australia. Current Districts by ... {{Members of the Parliament of Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full Preferential Voting
One of the ways in which ranked voting systems vary is whether an individual vote must express a minimum number of preferences to avoid being considered invalid ("spoiled" or "informal" or "rejected"). Possibilities are: * Full preferential voting (FPV) requires all candidates to be ranked * Optional preferential voting (OPV) requires only one candidate, the voter's first preference, to be indicated * Semi-optional preferential voting requires ranking more than one candidate but not necessary to rank all the candidates. Ranked-voting systems typically use a ballot paper in which the voter is required to write numbers 1, 2, 3, etc. opposite the name of the candidate who is their first, second, third, etc. preference. In OPV and semi-optional systems, candidates not explicitly ranked by the voter are implicitly ranked lower than all numbered candidates. Some OPV jurisdictions permit a ballot expressing a single preference to use some other mark than the digit '1', such as a cross o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of Queensland
The Constitution of Queensland sets out and regulates the powers of the major state institutions of the Australian state of Queensland. It is a written constitution, with most provisions contained within the ''Constitution of Queensland 2001'' (Qld), which consolidated many previous constitutional laws. However, it does not contain all the constitutional principles of the state, with the ''Constitution Act 1867'' (Qld), ''Australia Act 1986'' (Cth), ''Australian Constitution'', the governor's commission, the common law and constitutional conventions also relevant constitutional documents. These constitutional documents set down Queensland as a constitutional monarchy operating under the Westminster system, with a parliament composed of the Legislative Assembly and the King exercising legislative powers, an executive made up of ministers and the premier appointed to act on behalf of the governor, and a judiciary made up of the Supreme Court and other lower courts. Followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Queensland
The Parliament of Queensland is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature, legislative body of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland, the Parliament consists of Monarchy in Australia, the King, represented by the Governor of Queensland, and the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly. It has been the only unicameral state legislature in the country since the upper chamber, the Queensland Legislative Council, Legislative Council, was abolished in 1922. The Legislative Assembly sits in Parliament House, Brisbane, Parliament House in the state capital, Brisbane. The Queensland Parliament retains Plenary power, plenary legislative power over Queensland, however Commonwealth laws apply to the extent of any inconsistency. Some laws from the colonial era passed by the Parliament of New South Wales, New South Wales parliament and the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Imperial Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unicameral
Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one. Unicameralism has become an increasingly common type of legislature, making up nearly 60% of all national legislatures and an even greater share of subnational legislatures. Sometimes, as in New Zealand and Denmark, unicameralism comes about through the abolition of one of two bicameral chambers, or, as in Sweden, through the merger of the two chambers into a single one, while in others a second chamber has never existed from the beginning. Rationale for unicameralism and criticism The principal advantage of a unicameral system is more efficient lawmaking, as the legislative process is simpler and there is no possibility of gridlock (politics), deadlock between two chambers. Proponents of unicameralism have also argued that it reduces costs, even if the number of legislators stays the same, since there are fewer instituti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament House, Brisbane
Parliament House in Brisbane is the meeting place of the Parliament of Queensland, housing its Unicameralism, only chamber, the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly. It is located on the corner of George Street, Brisbane, George Street and Alice Street, Brisbane, Alice Street at Gardens Point, Brisbane, Gardens Point in the Brisbane central business district, CBD, and is next to the Queensland University of Technology and City Botanic Gardens. It was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History Planning The Parliament of Queensland first met on 22 May 1860 in the former convict barracks on Queen Street, Brisbane, Queen Street. The building was not considered a suitable meeting place for Parliament in the long-term, but the government was preoccupied with the construction of Old Government House, Queensland, Government House, and plans for a new legislative facility were not made until after its completion. In November 1863 a commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2028 Queensland State Election
The 2028 Queensland state election will be held on or before 28 October 2028 to elect the 59th Parliament of Queensland and its 93 seats. The Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) will conduct the election. The incumbent Liberal National majority government, led by Premier David Crisafulli, will seek a second four-year term in government. They will be challenged by the Queensland Labor Party, led by Leader of the Opposition and former Premier Steven Miles. It is expected that the Queensland Greens, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, Katter's Australian Party, and other minor parties and independents will contest the election. Queensland has compulsory voting, with preferential instant runoff voting in single-member seats. Background At the 2024 Queensland state election, the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP), led by David Crisafulli, ended nine years in Opposition by securing a decisive victory. The LNP won 52 seats, compared to Labor's 36. The Greens, who previously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Queensland State Election
The 2024 Queensland state election was held on 26 October 2024 to elect all members to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland pursuant to the ''Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Amendment Act 2015''. As a result of the 2016 Queensland term length referendum, the term of the parliament will run for four years. The election was the first since 2006 Queensland state election, 2006 to feature two men leading the major parties. The opposition Liberal National Party of Queensland, Liberal National Party (LNP) led by David Crisafulli defeated the incumbent Queensland Labor Party, Labor Miles ministry, government, led by Premier of Queensland, Premier Steven Miles after three terms in government. Katter's Australian Party and the Queensland Greens also held seats in parliament, while other parties that contested the election included Pauline Hanson's One Nation, Legalise Cannabis Queensland, other minor parties as well as Independent (politician), independents. The LNP's victory wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1860 Queensland Colonial Election
Elections were held in the colony of Queensland between 27 April 1860 to 11 May 1860 to elect all 26 members of the colony's Legislative Assembly. It was conducted in nine single-member constituencies, four two-member constituencies, and three three-member constituencies, all with a first past the post system. Suffrage was limited to men who owned property. The electorates were also malapportioned to favour pastoral districts. This was the first election after the separation of Queensland in December 1859. There was no recognisable party structure at this election; instead the government was determined by a loose, shifting factional system. Members of the ministry generally identified as "Squatter Conservatives," and the opposition was liberal in nature, and loosely led by the Liberal Association. Premier Robert Herbert was conservative and consistently supported by a majority of the Legislative Assembly, many of whom were graziers. Key dates Due to problems of distance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instant-runoff Voting
Instant-runoff voting (IRV; ranked-choice voting (RCV), preferential voting, alternative vote) is a single-winner ranked voting election system where Sequential loser method, one or more eliminations are used to simulate Runoff (election), runoff elections. When no candidate has a majority of the votes in the first round of counting, each following round eliminates the candidate with the fewest First-preference votes, first-preferences (among the remaining candidates) and transfers their votes if possible. This continues until one candidate accumulates a majority of the votes still in play. Instant-runoff voting falls under the plurality-based voting-rule family, in that under certain conditions the candidate with the least votes is eliminated, making use of secondary rankings as contingency votes. Thus it is related to the Runoff election, two-round runoff system and the exhaustive ballot. IRV could also be seen as a single-winner equivalent of Single transferable vote, sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
