Parliament of Victoria

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The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Parliament of Victoria canonical 55

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
public authority ⓘ
state parliament ⓘ
budgetaryFunction approves state budget of Victoria ⓘ
buildingConstructionStart 1855 ⓘ
buildingOwner State of Victoria ⓘ
buildingStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
coatOfArmsUsed Coat of arms of Victoria ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution Act 1975 (Victoria) ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Victoria ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse preferential voting ⓘ
electoralSystemUpperHouse proportional representation ⓘ
emblem Southern Cross ⓘ
establishedIn 1851 ⓘ
foundedBy Colony of Victoria ⓘ
governs Victorian public sector ⓘ
hasPart Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Victoria ⓘ
Legislative Council of Victoria ⓘ
headOfStateRole Governor of Victoria ⓘ
houseType bicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Victoria ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Victoria ⓘ
legislativeFunction makes laws for Victoria ⓘ
locatedIn Melbourne ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Victoria ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Australian Eastern Standard Time ⓘ
lowerHouse Legislative Assembly of Victoria ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
numberOfMembersLowerHouse 88 ⓘ
numberOfMembersUpperHouse 40 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
oversightFunction oversees Government of Victoria ⓘ
partOf Westminster system in Australia ⓘ
predecessor Legislative Council of Victoria (unicameral, 1851–1856) ⓘ
replaced New South Wales Legislative Council (for Victorian territory) ⓘ
responsibleFor passing state legislation ⓘ
representing people of Victoria ⓘ
scrutinising government expenditure ⓘ
sessionType parliamentary sessions ⓘ
supervises Executive branch of Victoria ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 4 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 4 years ⓘ
upperHouse Legislative Council of Victoria ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse instant-runoff voting ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse single transferable vote ⓘ
website https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/ ⓘ

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Victoria → legislature → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Parliament House, Melbourne → builtFor → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Parliament House, Melbourne → occupant → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Parliament House, Melbourne → governingBody → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Monash University → foundedBy → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Government of Victoria → legislativeBranch → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Government of Victoria → governingBody → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Premier of Victoria → reportsTo → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Legislative Council of Victoria → partOf → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
subject linked to: Legislative Council
Legislative Council of Victoria → legislature → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
subject linked to: Legislative Council
Legislative Assembly of Victoria → partOf → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
subject linked to: Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Victoria → isLowerHouseOf → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
subject linked to: Legislative Assembly
Victoria (Australia) → governingBody → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
State of Victoria → hasParliament → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Benambra → parliament → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Edgar Tanner → employer → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Queen’s Hall → usedBy → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Queen’s Hall → governingBody → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Parliament House gardens → managedBy → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Colony of Victoria → legislature → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
William Haines → partOf → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Governor of Victoria → worksWith → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Cabinet of Victoria → subordinateTo → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Cabinet of Victoria → responsibleTo → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Constitution of Victoria → establishes → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Constitution of Victoria → bindingOn → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Constitution Act 1855 (Victoria) → establishes → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Victorian Legislative Assembly → partOf → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Victorian Legislative Council → partOf → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Victorian Legislative Council → chamberOf → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Coat of arms of Victoria → usedBy → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Constitution Act 1975 (Victoria) → enactedBy → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Constitution Act 1975 (Victoria) → legislature → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Constitution Act 1975 (Victoria) → regulates → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
President of the Legislative Council → partOf → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
VLA → partOf → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
VLA → legislativeChamberOf → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Provincial Council of Victoria → replacedBy → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Heritage Act 2017 (Victoria) → legislature → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Heritage Act 1995 (Victoria) → legislature → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Victorian Minister for Water → seat → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
John Cain Jr. → workLocation → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition (Victoria) → category → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Joan Kirner → employer → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Joan Kirner → legislativeBody → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Victorian Local Government Act → enactedBy → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Electoral district of Towong → partOf → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Electoral district of Ovens Valley → jurisdiction → Parliament of Victoria ⓘ