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The term of Australian parliaments is determined by the opening and dissolution (or expiration) of the House of Representatives. The Senate is not normally dissolved at all, except at a double dissolution, when the entire parliament is dissolved. Parliaments do not have a fixed term. The maximum term permitted by section 28 of the Constitution of Australia is three years, counted from the date ...
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A two-party system has existed in the Australian House of Representatives since the two non-Labor parties merged in 1909. The 1910 election was the first to elect a majority government, with the Australian Labor Party concurrently winning the first Senate majority.
Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. 13 December: 1919 Australian federal election: Billy Hughes reelected as prime minister. 1920: The airline Qantas is founded 1921: 12 March: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament 1922: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney 2 September
This article provides a timeline of elections in Australia, including all the colonial, state, territorial and federal elections. The information starts from when each state or territory held its first election, and continues through to the present day.
The current Parliament is the 47th Australian Parliament. The most recent federal election was held on 21 May 2022 and the 47th Parliament first sat on 26 July. The outcome of the 2022 election saw the Labor Party return to government for the first time in nine years, winning 77 seats in the 151-seat House of Representatives (an increase of 9 ...
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1970 - More than 200,000 people participate in the largest demonstrations in Australian history, against the Vietnam War; 1971 - Neville Bonner becomes the first Aboriginal to become an Australian Member of Parliament; John Gorton resigns and is succeeded by William McMahon; 1971 - The 1971 Springbok tour sparks protest all throughout Australia.