Parliament of Queensland

Parliament of Queensland
Parliament of Queensland
57th Parliament
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	Legislative Assembly
Sovereign	King (represented by the governor of Queensland)
History
Founded	22 May 1860; 164 years ago
Leadership
Monarch	Charles III ; since 8 September 2022
Governor	Jeannette Young ; since 1 November 2021
Speaker of the Legislative; Assembly	Curtis Pitt, Labor ; since 13 February 2018
Premier	David Crisafulli, Liberal National ; since 28 October 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Steven Miles, Labor ; since 28 October 2024
Structure
Seats	93
Political groups	Government (52); Liberal National (52); Opposition (36) Labor (36); Crossbench (5) Katter's Australian (3); Greens (1); Independent (1);
Elections
Voting system	Full preferential voting
Last election	26 October 2024
Next election	October 2028
Meeting place
	Parliament House,; Brisbane, Queensland,; Australia
Website
	www.parliament.qld.gov.au
Constitution
	Constitution of Queensland

The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of the Australian State of Queensland. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland, the Parliament consists of the King, represented by the governor, and the Legislative Assembly. It has been the only unicameral state legislature in the country since the upper chamber, the Legislative Council, was abolished in 1922. The Legislative Assembly sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Brisbane.

The Queensland Parliament retains plenary legislative power over Queensland, however Commonwealth laws apply to the extent of any inconsistency. Some laws from the colonial era passed by the New South Wales parliament and the Imperial Parliament also remain in force.^[1]

Following the outcome of the 2015 election, four additional seats were added to the Legislative Assembly (to a total of 93), the voting system changed from optional preferential voting to full-preferential voting, and unfixed three-year terms were replaced with fixed four-year terms.^[2]

^ "The power of the Parliament of Queensland". Legislation Handbook. Department of the Premier and Cabinet. 23 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
^ Green, Antony (21 April 2016). "Electoral Law Ructions in the Queensland Parliament". Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[ppq-1] "The power of the Parliament of Queensland". Legislation Handbook. Department of the Premier and Cabinet. 23 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

[2] Green, Antony (21 April 2016). "Electoral Law Ructions in the Queensland Parliament". Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

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