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The Local Government Reform Commission was an independent, purpose-specific authority established by the Beattie Labor Queensland Government on 1 May 2007 to recommend the most appropriate future structure and boundaries for local government in Queensland. This was in part due to the number of financially weak councils with small populations in ...
Although most Australian workers have a system of rights to support fair work, entry into a work relationship is through a contract based on consent. Relationship of unequal bargaining power Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd v Barker (2014) 253 CLR 169, uncertainty about an implied term of good faith, or mutual trust and confidence
The 57th Parliament of Queensland was the most recent meeting of the unicameral chamber of the Queensland Parliament known as the Legislative Assembly. The 2020 state election gave the Labor Party a majority in parliament, winning 52 of 93 seats (55.91%). [5] [6] The First day of the opening of the 57th Parliament of Queensland was 24 November ...
Queensland is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom.Legislative power rests with the Parliament of Queensland, which consists of the King, represented by the Governor of Queensland, and the one house, the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
The role of the monarch in Parliament is to give royal assent to legislation. This function is in practice exercised by the governor of Queensland , who conventionally will never refuse assent to a bill that has passed the Legislative Assembly.
WorkChoices was the name given to changes made to the federal industrial relations laws in Australia by the Howard government in 2005, being amendments to the Workplace Relations Act 1996 by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005, sometimes referred to as the Workplace Relations Amendment Act 2005, that came into effect on 27 March 2006.
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement ...
The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly has 93 members, who have used the letters MP after their names since 2000 (previously they were styled ...