Legislative Assembly

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The Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of New South Wales, responsible for making state laws and representing the people through elected members.

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Legislative Assembly canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lower house of parliament ⓘ
unicameral chamber ⓘ
abbreviation MLA (for individual members) ⓘ
NSW LA ⓘ
linked to: LA (NSW)

NSW Legislative Assembly ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of New South Wales ⓘ
constitutionalMonarch King Charles III ⓘ
constitutionBasis Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales) ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
currentPremier Chris Minns ⓘ
currentPremierParty Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) ⓘ
currentSpeaker Greg Piper ⓘ
currentSpeakerParty Independent ⓘ
electoralDivisionType state electoral district ⓘ
electoralSystem optional preferential voting ⓘ
emblem Waratah (state floral emblem of New South Wales) ⓘ
established 1856 ⓘ
governingDocument Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
hasChamber New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
jurisdiction New South Wales ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lastElection 2023 New South Wales state election ⓘ
legislatureNumber 58th Parliament of New South Wales (as of 2023–2027 term) ⓘ
location Sydney, New South Wales ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament House, Sydney ⓘ
memberType Member of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
nextElectionDue by 2027 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 93 ⓘ
partOf Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
power can pass legislation subject to review by the Legislative Council ⓘ
introduces most money bills ⓘ
precededBy unicameral Legislative Council of New South Wales (as sole chamber) ⓘ
presidingOfficer Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly ⓘ
representativeOfMonarch Governor of New South Wales ⓘ
responsibility confidence in the Premier and Cabinet ⓘ
formation of the New South Wales Government ⓘ
role makes state laws for New South Wales ⓘ
represents the people of New South Wales ⓘ
scrutinises the New South Wales Government ⓘ
sessionType parliamentary sessions called by the Governor on advice of the Premier ⓘ
supervisingAuthority New South Wales Electoral Commission ⓘ
termLength approximately four years ⓘ
termLimits no term limits ⓘ
votingEligibility Australian citizens enrolled to vote in New South Wales ⓘ
votingSystem full preferential voting in single-member districts (historically and in some periods) ⓘ
votingSystemType single-member constituencies ⓘ
website https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la ⓘ

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Murray (New South Wales state electoral district) → hasChamber → Legislative Assembly ⓘ
subject linked to: Murray