house of commons
Each Australian state has its own Parliament House, and Parliament House in Canberra is where the country's representatives meet.
There are two houses in Australia's federal Parliament: the House of Representatives (lower House) and the Senate (upper House). Each of the states also has two Houses of Parliament, except for Queensland, which has just one. The Territories also have one House of parliament.
The United States Congress, which is divided between the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each State has its own similar assembly, called a State Legislature.
The house of the Federal Parliament is in Australia's national capital, Canberra. Each of the states has its parliament house in the capital city of that state, but parliament may meet anywhere they choose to in the state.
* The House of Representatives has 150 members, elected for a three-year term in proportional single-seat constituencies with a system of alternative vote known as preferential voting. * The Senate has 76 members
The Speaker of the House is elected by the members of the House of Representatives. Before the vote each party chooses their candidate. The majority party's candidate will then win the election (assuming his or her party's representatives vote according to the party's decision).
Different states have different houses of parliament.In Australia, federally, the two houses of Parliament are the Senate (Upper house) and the House of Representatives(lower house).Within each of the states and territories, this changes, and the names of the houses of Parliament are as follows:New South Wales: Legislative Council (upper house) and Legislative Assembly (lower house)Victoria: Legislative Council (upper house) and Legislative Assembly (lower house)South Australia: Legislative Council (upper house) and House of Assembly (lower house)Queensland: Legislative Assembly (there is only one house)Western Australia: Legislative Council (upper house) and Legislative Assembly (lower house)Tasmania: Legislative Council (upper house) and House of Assembly (lower house)Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory:Legislative Assembly (one house only)
Members of the House of Representatives are called Representatives. Each state has a certain amount of Representatives in Washington, DC.
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The house of Representatives. There are 435 total. The senate has two representatives from each state.