Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly
10th Assembly
	Coat of Arms of Canberra
	Legislative Assembly logo
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	11 May 1989
Preceded by	House of Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Joy Burch, Labor ; since 31 October 2016
Deputy Speaker	Mark Parton, Liberal ; since November 2020
Manager of Government; Business	Mick Gentleman, Labor ; since February 2016
Government whip	Suzanne Orr, Labor
Chief Minister	Andrew Barr, Labor ; since 11 December 2014
Leader of the Opposition	Elizabeth Lee, Liberal ; since 27 October 2020
Structure
Seats	25
Political groups	Government (16); Labor (10); Greens (6) ; Opposition (9); Liberal (9)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Hare–Clark electoral system
First election	4 March 1989
Last election	17 October 2020
Next election	19 October 2024
Meeting place
	Legislative Assembly Building, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Website
	www.parliament.act.gov.au

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory (known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly) is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It sits in the Legislative Assembly Building on Civic Square, close to the centre of the city of Canberra.

Unlike the legislatures of the other mainland states and territories, the Assembly also has the functions of a local council; the city of Canberra has no other local government. It replaced the House of Assembly when the ACT was granted self-government in 1986.

^ https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1654077/Parliamentary-Agreement-for-the-10th-Legislative-Assembly.pdf While the Greens sit in the cabinet of the ACT Government, three Greens MLAs sit on the backbench, allowing them to put forward private members' bills and question ministers. All 6 Greens MLAs are party to the Parliamentary (Coalition) agreement. This agreement sets out “two-party government” principles & binds Greens MLAs

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