L7: Victorian parliament

Question 1

Structure of Victorian parliament

Answer 1

Legislative Assembly (Lower house)
Legislative Council
(Upper house)
Govenor
(representative of Crown)

Question 2

Legislative Assembly

Answer 2

-4 Year terms
-88 Districts
-Forms Gov from the political party/coalition with the majority of seats
-Bills introduced and the assembly will debate them
-(review, scrutinize and debate an bill from legislative council, rare)

Question 3

Premier

Answer 3

The leader of the party in Government (Currently Jacinta Allen)

Question 4

Ministers

Answer 4

Senior representatives belonging to the party in government who are allocated a role to oversee the legislation of particular fields (E.g. Housing, Planning)

Question 5

How many seats are required to form government?

Answer 5

45 (50%+1)

Question 6

Legislative Council
(Upper house)

Answer 6

-40 seats
-4 year terms
-bills passed by legislative assembly are sent to LC to be reviewed, scrutinized and debated before being either passed or denied.

Question 7

The Governor (the Crown)

Answer 7

-Granting (or not) Royal assent to bills to be passed as legislation

Question 8

Chair executive councils

Answer 8

The governor acts on behalf of the Executive Council and often meets with these ministers of the government to discuss any legislative matters that come before the Governors office.