Sentences with phrase «state parliament»

"State parliament" refers to the governing body or assembly that makes laws and decisions at a state level within a country. It is responsible for representing the interests and needs of the people within that particular state. Full definition
Here in my home state our parliament is currently composed of two parties — labour & greens.
Take a guided tour of this magnificent Gothic Revival building, the most ornate state parliament in Europe.
The Palaszczuk government tried to pass tighter tree - clearing legislation through state Parliament last year but did not win the support of the crossbench, who voted down the new laws with the Opposition.
And the central bureaucracy should be dismantled; the European Parliament should be reconstituted as delegations from the member state parliaments, and the head of Europe should be a re-electable head of one of the member governments.
Full preferential voting is used for elections to the Australian federal parliament and for most State parliaments.
Aunty Kate gave her maiden speech in State Parliament as the Member for Port Stephens... and my gorgeous offspring were mentioned in it!
Perth shoppers may finally have the freedom of those in other capital cities, with a Sunday trading bill introduced to state parliament today.
Commerce Minister Simon O'Brien says a level playing field for retailers is one step closer after the passing of new commercial tenancy legislation through state parliament yesterday.
Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett said state parliament was unlikely to return to ratify the replacement before the March 11 election, But section 15 of the constitution says the government could allow the state governor to confirm Senator Culleton's replacement before the parliament sits again.
Conservation SA petition This petition targets state parliaments as well as the federal parliament, so please sign this one even if you have already signed one of the above petitions.
This petition to the Queensland state parliament focuses on just one component of the Climate Emergency Declaration and Mobilisation program called for in our petition to all levels of government in Australia.
This petition to the Victorian state parliament focuses on just one component of the Climate Emergency Declaration and Mobilisation program called for in our petition to all levels of government in Australia.
This petition to the SA state parliament focuses on just one component of the Climate Emergency Declaration and Mobilisation program called for in our petition to all levels of government in Australia.
For example, students from the United States and Canada can get paid internships with a German state parliament through a program at Cultural Vistas.
Following Cattanach, 3 state Parliaments moved swiftly to exclude the costs of upkeep.
The amending legislation approving the transfer was passed by the Tasmanian State Parliament in March 2005 by a majority of one vote.24
The seven - member Senate committee began investigating the government's role in forced adoption in 2010 after the Western Australian state parliament apologized to mothers and children for the flawed practices in that state from the 1940s until the 1980s.
In New Zealand the threshold is 5 %, in Bolivia 3 %, in Germany 5 % for elections for federal parliament and most state parliaments.
Legislation to enable regulation of Western Power to transition from WA's Economic Regulation Authority to the independent national energy regulator has been introduced to state parliament.
Amazon faced what Der Spiegel called a Shitstorm and was strongly criticized by the federal minister of labor, the prime minister of the state government of Hesse, the head of the Labor Office in Hesse, as well as the Social Democratic Party opposition in the federal and state parliaments.
He explained that he allowed the petition to sail through and that the state parliament under his watch elected to look into the petition not to gag Oloyede's freedom of expression in accordance with sections 128 and 129 of the Constitution, which empowered the legislature to investigate any public petition forwarded to the House.
As as result, the state parliament is monitoring it, but with the action of the senate, it seem we need to make the monitoring open.
A bill to change Tasmania's Education Act has passed the state parliament, despite concerns raised from a variety of interest groups regarding details of the legislation.
American political activists and power brokers especially CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIER GROUPS fund and advise and support Australian Think Tanks like the IPA who then get their staff to be pre-selected for the Liberal and National parties and who are now sitting in our Federal and State parliaments and vote on Laws regarding AGW / CC.
BCCAG petition This emergency declaration petition launched by the Bayside Climate Change Action Group targets the federal and state parliaments.
The Conservation SA and BCCAG petitions target both federal and state parliaments.
The report also was distributed to members of the state parliament and cabinet.
«We're talking about a transition period of 20 to 30 years,» said Monika Schulz - Höpfner, an Atterwasch resident who represents the area in the state parliament.
Many non-Indigenous Australians, having learnt the history of forced removal, wish to apologise for the practice and State Parliaments, churches and organisations have done so in recent months.
In October 1999 the Tasmanian Government announced its intention to table in the State Parliament a package of measures to address reconciliation between Aboriginal people and the wider Tasmanian community.
Most noteworthy, Alternative for Germany, first founded in 2013 as an anti-Eurozone party, has had a strong showing in recent elections and now has a presence in 10 of 16 state Parliaments.
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