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Parliament of Queensland | |
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| 58th Parliament | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Legislative Assembly |
| Sovereign | King (represented by the governor of Queensland) |
| History | |
| Founded | 22 May 1860 |
| Leadership | |
Charles III since 8 September 2022 | |
Jeannette Young since 1 November 2021 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 93 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (52)
Opposition (36)
Crossbench (5)
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| Elections | |
| Full preferential voting | |
Last election | 26 October 2024 |
Next election | October 2028 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Parliament House, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |
| Website | |
| parliament.qld.gov.au | |
| Constitution | |
| Constitution of Queensland | |
The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of the Australian State of Queensland. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland, the Parliament consists of the King, represented by the governor, and the Legislative Assembly. It has been the only unicameral state legislature in the country since the upper chamber, the Legislative Council, was abolished in 1922. The Legislative Assembly sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Brisbane.
The Queensland Parliament retains plenary legislative power over Queensland, however Commonwealth laws apply to the extent of any inconsistency. Some laws from the colonial era passed by the New South Wales parliament and the Imperial Parliament also remain in force.[1]
Following the outcome of the 2015 election, four additional seats were added to the Legislative Assembly (to a total of 93), the voting system changed from optional preferential voting to full-preferential voting, and unfixed three-year terms were replaced with fixed four-year terms.[2]
- ^ "The power of the Parliament of Queensland". Legislation Handbook. Department of the Premier and Cabinet. 23 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Green, Antony (21 April 2016). "Electoral Law Ructions in the Queensland Parliament". Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2021.