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- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council abstract "The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the Legislative Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth.The Legislative Council today has 36 members, elected for fixed four-year terms. Each member is elected under a proportional and preferential voting system using the single transferable vote method, and represents one of six multi-member regions. Each region elects six members. Under proportional representation, it is not unusual for a government, lacking a clear majority in the Legislative Council, to rely on the voting support of independent members and/or minor parties, such as The Greens, to pass legislation. As with all other Australian states and territories, voting is compulsory for all resident Australian citizens—and eligible British citizens (i.e., those permanently resident and on the electoral roll prior to the passage of the Australia Act) —who are over the legal voting age of 18.Since only about 35 per cent of Western Australia's population is located in towns and small settlements across an area of over 2.6 million kilometres outside the Perth metropolitan area, until 2005 the state used a zonally weighted electoral system for both houses of parliament. In Legislative Council elections, this meant that a vote in Perth was worth only half a rural vote, even though Perth accounts for three-fourths of the state's population.On 20 May 2005, with the official enactment of the Electoral Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 (No.1 of 2005), the State was split into 6 regions by community of interest, 3 metropolitan and 3 rural, each electing 6 members to the Legislative council.".
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council leader Barry_House.
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council location Australia.
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- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council location Perth.
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- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council politicalPartyInLegislature Australian_Labor_Party.
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council politicalPartyInLegislature Greens_Western_Australia.
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council politicalPartyInLegislature Liberal_Party_of_Australia.
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council politicalPartyInLegislature National_Party_of_Western_Australia.
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council politicalPartyInLegislature Shooters_and_Fishers_Party.
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council politicalPartyOfLeader Liberal_Party_of_Australia.
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- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council wikiPageExternalLink scrCouncilWelcome.
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- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council body "Parliament of Western Australia".
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- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council election "2009".
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council foundation "1832".
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- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council houseType "Upper House".
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council leader Barry_House.
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- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council meetingPlace "Legislative Council Chamber".
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council meetingPlace "Parliament House, Perth".
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council meetingPlace "Western Australia, Australia".
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council name "Legislative Council".
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council party Liberal_Party_of_Australia.
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- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council politicalGroups "National".
- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council politicalGroups "Shooters and Fishers Party".
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- Western_Australian_Legislative_Council comment "The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the Legislative Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth.The Legislative Council today has 36 members, elected for fixed four-year terms.".
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