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The Fair Work Act 2009 section 346(a) says there is a right to suffer no "adverse action" from an employer (or anyone) if that person "is or is not, or was or was not, an officer or member of an industrial association". [108] Clauses in awards and collective agreements to give preferences to union members over non-members are also prohibited. [109]
The Act was modelled on the Victorian Local Government Act 1874, but the legislation soon proved unsuitable to Queensland's requirements given its large, sparsely populated areas. The Government's response was the Divisional Boards Act 1879 , which intended to extend local government to those areas of Queensland which could not be included in ...
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.
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.
In 1915, Queensland became the first state to make voting compulsory at state elections. [6] Since 1 April 2003, live audio broadcasts have streamed through the internet from the Parliament while it is in session. [7] In June 2007, the Parliament started broadcasting video of parliamentary proceedings.
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 ...
A quorum is two Executive Councillors plus the Governor (or an Executive Councillor presiding in his place). [4] Meetings are held on Thursdays at 11:45 a.m. in the Executive Council Room at Parliament House when the Legislative Assembly is sitting and the Cabinet Room at the Executive Building when it is not. [5]
This plan is still in use today. Presently, 42 seats are contested in Greater Brisbane and 47 in the rest of the state. The youngest person ever elected to Queensland's Legislative Assembly was Lawrence Springborg, former Minister for Natural Resources and Leader of the Opposition. [6] In 1989, he entered parliament aged 21.