Senate

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The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Australia, serving as a states’ house and a house of review for federal legislation.

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Label Occurrences
Senate canonical 8

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
canBlock supply bills ⓘ
cannotOriginate appropriation bills ⓘ
taxation bills ⓘ
chamberColor red ⓘ
committeeTypes joint committees ⓘ
select committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Australian Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalSection Chapter I of the Australian Constitution ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
electionMethod direct election by the people ⓘ
electoralAuthority Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
electoralDivision state-wide for states ⓘ
territory-wide for territories ⓘ
establishedBy Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ
establishedInYear 1901 ⓘ
firstSittingYear 1901 ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem true ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativePower federal legislation ⓘ
location Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
meetsIn Senate chamber ⓘ
meetsInCity Canberra ⓘ
minimumAgeOfCandidates 18 years ⓘ
minimumAgeOfVoters 18 years ⓘ
numberOfMembers 76 ⓘ
numberOfStateSenatorsPerState 12 ⓘ
numberOfTerritorySenatorsPerTerritory 2 ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Australia ⓘ
power to amend legislation ⓘ
to establish committees ⓘ
to pass legislation ⓘ
to reject legislation ⓘ
to scrutinise the executive government ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
relatedChamber House of Representatives (Australia) ⓘ
represents states of Australia ⓘ
territories of Australia ⓘ
role house of review ⓘ
states’ house ⓘ
termLengthStateSenators 6 years ⓘ
termLengthTerritorySenators linked to House of Representatives term ⓘ
votingEligibility Australian citizens enrolled to vote ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
single transferable vote ⓘ

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