President of the Senate

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The President of the Senate is the principal parliamentary officer who chairs and oversees proceedings in the Australian Senate, ensuring its rules and procedures are followed.

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Label Occurrences
President of the Senate canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
position in the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Australia ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy resolution of the Senate ⓘ
castingVote does not have a special casting vote ⓘ
chambersPresidedOver Senate of Australia ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Section 17 of the Constitution of Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
createdBy Australian Constitution ⓘ
dateEstablished 1901 ⓘ
deputy Chair of Committees ⓘ
Deputy President of the Senate ⓘ
electedBy members of the Australian Senate ⓘ
electionMethod elected by secret ballot of senators ⓘ
eligibleFrom must be a sitting senator ⓘ
firstHolder Sir Richard Chaffey Baker ⓘ
linked to: Sir Richard Baker
languageOfOffice English ⓘ
legislativeBody Australian Senate ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Australia
officeType non-ministerial parliamentary office ⓘ
officialInsignia Coat of Arms of Australia ⓘ
parliamentaryHouse upper house ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Australia ⓘ
precedence ranks after the Governor-General and before the Speaker of the House of Representatives in official order of precedence ⓘ
residence Canberra ⓘ
responsibility announces results of divisions ⓘ
calls on senators to speak ⓘ
can direct a senator to leave the chamber for disorderly conduct ⓘ
can order a senator to withdraw unparliamentary remarks ⓘ
ensures fair opportunity for debate ⓘ
oversees Senate budget and administrative matters ⓘ
oversees administration of the Department of the Senate ⓘ
protects the rights of all senators ⓘ
puts questions to a vote ⓘ
rules on points of order ⓘ
role chairs proceedings of the Australian Senate ⓘ
ensures Senate rules and procedures are followed ⓘ
interprets and applies standing orders of the Senate ⓘ
maintains order in the Senate ⓘ
presides over joint sittings of Parliament when required by law ⓘ
represents the Senate in its relations with external bodies ⓘ
represents the Senate in its relations with the Governor-General ⓘ
represents the Senate in its relations with the House of Representatives ⓘ
seatOfParliament Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
style The Honourable ⓘ
termLength continues in office while holding a seat in the Senate and retaining confidence of the Senate ⓘ
tieOutcome in the event of a tie the question is resolved in the negative ⓘ
votingRight votes as an ordinary senator ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian Senate → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: the Senate
Australian parliamentary broadcasting → supervisedBy → President of the Senate ⓘ
Senate of Australia → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate