Legislative Council of Tasmania

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The Legislative Council of Tasmania is the upper house of the Tasmanian Parliament, responsible for reviewing and scrutinizing legislation passed by the lower house.

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Generate an image of the Legislative Council of Tasmania (The Legislative Council of Tasmania is the upper house of the Tasmanian Parliament, responsible for reviewing and scrutinizing legislation passed by the lower house.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
unicameral chamber of a bicameral legislature ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation LegCo (informal) ⓘ
broadcastsProceedings yes ⓘ
canAmendBills yes ⓘ
canRejectBills yes ⓘ
chamberOf Parliament of Tasmania ⓘ
constitutionalStatus state constitutional body ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerTitle President ⓘ
electionCycle periodic elections ⓘ
staggered terms ⓘ
electoralSystem single-member electorates ⓘ
establishedIn 1856 ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution Act 1934 (Tasmania) ⓘ
Standing Orders of the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasElectoralDivisions 15 single-member divisions ⓘ
hasHouseColor red ⓘ
hasLeaderOfGovernment Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasLeaderOfOpposition Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au ⓘ
hasSelectCommittees yes ⓘ
hasStandingCommittees yes ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
isBicameralPartnerOf House of Assembly of Tasmania ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Tasmania ⓘ
linked to: Tasmania
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legislativeFunction initiation of legislation ⓘ
review of legislation ⓘ
scrutiny of legislation ⓘ
location Tasmania ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament House, Hobart ⓘ
membersTitle Members of the Legislative Council ⓘ
numberOfMembers 15 ⓘ
oversightFunction scrutiny of executive government ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Tasmania ⓘ
partySystemCharacteristic weak party discipline compared to lower house ⓘ
precededBy Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Legislative Council ⓘ
publicAccess sittings open to the public ⓘ
relationshipToLowerHouse reviews bills passed by the House of Assembly ⓘ
roleInBudgetProcess reviews appropriation bills ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Hobart ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
typeOfMembers mostly independents ⓘ
votingEligibility enrolled electors of each division ⓘ
votingSystem preferential voting ⓘ

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

Tasmania → hasUpperHouse → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
Parliament of Tasmania → hasComponent → Tasmanian Legislative Council ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Council of Tasmania
Parliament of Tasmania → upperHouse → Tasmanian Legislative Council ⓘ
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Legislative Council of Tasmania → precededBy → Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land ⓘ
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House of Assembly of Tasmania → isBicameralWith → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
Government of Tasmania → legislativeBody → Tasmanian Legislative Council ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Council of Tasmania
Constitution Act 1934 (Tasmania) → regulates → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
President of the Legislative Council → partOf → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
President of the Legislative Council → chamber → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
President of the Legislative Council → presidesOver → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
President of the Legislative Council → represents → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
LegCo (informal) → refersTo → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
LegCo (informal) → shortNameFor → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
Parliament House, Hobart → houses → Tasmanian Legislative Council ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Council of Tasmania
Standing Orders of the Legislative Council → appliesTo → Tasmanian Legislative Council ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Council of Tasmania
Standing Orders of the Legislative Council → adoptedBy → Tasmanian Legislative Council ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Council of Tasmania
Standing Orders of the Legislative Council → canBeAmendedBy → Tasmanian Legislative Council ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Council of Tasmania