How is the Australian Federal and State Parliament structured?

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How is the Australian Federal and State Parliament structured?

Answer 1

Federal Parliament is made up of two houses: The House of Assembly (The lower house) and the Senate (the Upper House). The lower house is comprised of almost 150 members who are elected by their electorate. The Party with the majority in the lower house forms government and holds the leadership. The Senate is made of 12 Senators from each state and two from each territory (so totals 76). The Senate is there so that the States still hold some form of power and also so that legislation can be reviewed.

State Parliament's structure varies from State to state, SA, NSW, Tas, Vic, WA have two houses while Qld has only one. The territories only have one house. Generally the Lower House is called the Legislative Assembly or House of Assembly, while the upper house is the Legislative Council. The amount of members varies depending on the number of electorates (therefore the population). Usually the lower house has more members than the upper house.

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Answer 2

The Federal parliament has frontbenchers, backbenchers, and shadow/opposition frontbenchers and backbenchers. There are also 200+ members.