New South Wales Legislative Council

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The New South Wales Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of New South Wales, responsible for reviewing legislation and representing the state's electorate through a system of proportional representation.

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Generate an image of the New South Wales Legislative Council (The New South Wales Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of New South Wales, responsible for reviewing legislation and representing the state's electorate through a system of proportional representation.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative chamber ⓘ
parliamentary body ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
canAmendBills yes ⓘ
canRejectBills yes ⓘ
chamberColor red ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution Act 1902 (NSW) ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
electionCycle half of members elected every 4 years ⓘ
electoralDivision New South Wales statewide electorate ⓘ
electoralMethod current form of proportional representation ⓘ
group voting tickets (historical) ⓘ
optional preferential voting (historical) ⓘ
electoralSystem statewide electorate ⓘ
establishedBy Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
establishedIn 1823 ⓘ
governingDocument standing orders of the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasPower to conduct inquiries ⓘ
to initiate non-appropriation bills ⓘ
to summon witnesses ⓘ
historicalStatus later partly elected ⓘ
now fully elected ⓘ
originally fully appointed body ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction State of New South Wales ⓘ
linked to: New South Wales
languageUsed English ⓘ
legislativeFunction house of review ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament House, Sydney ⓘ
numberOfMembers 42 ⓘ
partOf Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Legislative Council ⓘ
primaryRole representing the state electorate ⓘ
reviewing legislation ⓘ
scrutinising executive government ⓘ
relatedInstitution New South Wales Legislative Assembly ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Sydney ⓘ
termLength 8 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation proportional representation of parties and groups ⓘ
votingEligibility enrolled voters of New South Wales ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
single transferable vote ⓘ

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Tara Moriarty → legislative body → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Courtney Houssos → member of → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
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Rose Jackson → legislativeBody → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
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Penny Sharpe → memberOf → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
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