Senator for Queensland

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Senator for Queensland is a member of the Australian Senate who represents the state of Queensland in the federal Parliament.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary position ⓘ
senate seat ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
canBe independent politician ⓘ
canBelongTo political party ⓘ
chamber upper house ⓘ
constituency State of Queensland ⓘ
linked to: Queensland
constituencyType state-wide electorate ⓘ
constitutionalSection Section 7 of the Constitution of Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
createdBy Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ
electionSystem proportional representation ⓘ
eligibleVoters enrolled voters of Queensland ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Australia ⓘ
hasDuty to represent Queensland at the federal level ⓘ
to scrutinise the Australian Government ⓘ
hasPower to review legislation passed by the House of Representatives ⓘ
to vote on constitutional amendments ⓘ
hasRight to participate in Senate committees ⓘ
to vote on federal legislation ⓘ
hasRole member of the Australian Senate ⓘ
isPartOfElectoralDivision Queensland Senate electorate ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel federal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Australia ⓘ
legislativeBody Australian Senate ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Australia
locatedInJurisdiction Queensland ⓘ
meetsAt Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
meetsIn Senate chamber ⓘ
minimumAgeRequirement 18 years to vote ⓘ
numberOfSeatsForState 12 ⓘ
officeHeldBy Australian senator ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Senator ⓘ
officeLocation Canberra ⓘ
officeType elected office ⓘ
federal office ⓘ
oversight Australian Electoral Commission (for elections) ⓘ
partOf Australian Senate ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Australia

Parliament of Australia ⓘ
relevantChamberPresidingOfficer President of the Senate ⓘ
represents Queensland ⓘ
selectionMethod elected ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
termRenewable yes ⓘ
votingEligibility Australian citizens enrolled in Queensland ⓘ
votingSystem single transferable vote ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Pauline Hanson → positionHeld → Senator for Queensland ⓘ
Senator for Queensland → isPartOfElectoralDivision → Queensland Senate electorate ⓘ
linked to: Senator for Queensland
Bill Aylett → positionHeld → Member of the Australian Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: Aylett
linked to: Senator for Queensland