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The Tasmanian Legislative Council has never been controlled by a single political party, with voters in Tasmania tending to elect independents over candidates endorsed by political parties. The Labor Party endorses candidates in some Legislative Council elections, and is the most successful political party in the Council's history, having had a ...
Most legislation is initiated in the House of Assembly. The party or coalition with a majority of seats in the House of Assembly is invited by the Governor of Tasmania to form Government. The leader of that party becomes the Premier of Tasmania, and their senior colleagues become ministers responsible for various portfolios. As Australian ...
The Parliament of Tasmania is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Tasmania. It follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system and consists of the governor of Tasmania (as representative of the King ), the Legislative Council (the upper house), and the House of Assembly (the lower house). [ 1 ]
The legislation on parentage from IVF is retrospective, meaning the law applied to co-mothers before it went into effect. [60] Section 29 of the Adoption Act allows the female partner of the birth mother to adopt the child born as a result of the ART process. [61] In 2012, Tasmania passed two pieces of legislation to legally allow altruistic ...
For a species to be eligible for listing on the Act, it must be considered to be a native Tasmanian flora or fauna. [2] Alongside Tasmania's endemic flora and fauna, The Threatened Species Protection Amendment Act 2001 adjusted the definition of native flora and fauna to allow the listing and protection of migrant species, as well as vagrant or hybrid species if deemed appropriate by the ...
The newly amended bill was resubmitted to the colonies for approval in 1899-1900 (this time including Queensland and Western Australia). [13] This time Tasmania approved the bill with an even greater majority of 94%. [12] Photo of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (Imp) which brought the Commonwealth of Australia into existence
Pursuant to section 107 of the legislation covering the Commission, a 5 year review of the operation of the Commission is required. [9] William Cox, Governor of Tasmania from 2004–2008 and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania [10] [11] was appointed to conduct the review in November 2015 [8] and it was presented in May 2016. [9]
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