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The Parliament of Australia (officially the Parliament of the Commonwealth [4] and also known as the Federal Parliament) is the federal legislature of Australia.It consists of three elements: the monarch of Australia (represented by the governor-general), the Senate (the upper house), and the House of Representatives (the lower house). [4]
The 47th Parliament of Australia is the current meeting of the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Australia, composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives. The May 2022 federal election gave the Australian Labor Party control of the House, with 77 seats, enough for a two-seat majority government.
The current federal government structure was established in 1901 by the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1901. The first three national elections resulted in minority governments. The world’s first ever Labor Party Prime Minister took office in Australia in 1904, though Labor governed in minority.
Acts of Parliament: A narrative history of the Senate and House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Australia. Carlton: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84367-0. Quick, John & Garran, Robert (1901). The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. OCLC 138094343 – via Internet Archive.
Commonwealth Coat of Arms: History of the House: ... This is a list of members of the House of Representatives of the 46th Parliament of Australia (2019–2022). [1 ...
The Parliament of Australia website also notes that the name "Australian Government" is preferable in order to avoid confusion with the Commonwealth of Nations and the US federal government by those not familiar with Australia's system of government. [22] This terminology remains preferred by the government. [23]
This is an incomplete list of acts of the Parliament of Australia. Principal acts. Title of act [1] ... (Commonwealth Government Liability) Act 1963 1963 (No. 74)
Before the formation of the Commonwealth in 1901, the six Australian colonies were self-governing colonies, with parliaments which had come into existence at various times between 1825, when the New South Wales Legislative Council was created, to 1891, when Western Australia became the last of the colonies to gain full self-government.