Currently, The NDP (New Democratic Party) holds the title of the "Official Opposition". They hold 103 seats out of the total 308. Their current interim leader as of July 25th is MP Nycole Turmel. Nycole Turmel is therefore "Leader of The Official Opposition" and the "Leader of The NDP" as of July 25th, 2011.
That the individual State or States could not nullify a Federal Law or act in opposition to the US Constitution.
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The Labour Party is the official opposition party to the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government.
Thomas Mulcair (NDP Party)
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In the Federal Government of the United States, the opposition party is the Republican Party.
The current (2011) Federal Opposition leader in Australia is Tony Abbott. Abbott became the Federal Opposition leader on 1 December 2009. In parliamentary democracies the leader of the opposition is the leader of the largest parliamentary party not in the government. Their job is to shadow the Prime Minister or Premier and hold the government to account.
Capital was moved to the south.
Tony Abbot is the Federal opposition leader in australia 2011.
He isn't the leader of the Australian Federal government, though this may change in the coming weeks. He is the leader of the opposition, and assumed office on December 1, 2009.
Congress banned the importation of slaves from Africa.
The government has a majority of seats in the lower house of parliament, hence they became the government and the opposition became the opposition. The opposition provides a check on the government by debating them and keeping them accountable, in Australia at the moment the opposition is more conservative than the Labor government.
That the individual State or States could not nullify a Federal Law or act in opposition to the US Constitution.
A common nickname for Confederate soldiers because their opposition to the federal government was "rebel." While once a pejorative term, the Confederates decided to embrace the name, and turn it into a symbol representing southern identity and pride.
claimed that the states could nullify any actions by the federal government that they judged unconstitutional
He felt that the federal government could not enforce the law effectively.
Australia's Federal Leader of the Opposition does not have any particular residence. Only the Prime Minister has a special residence.