Updated July 2015 Factsheet 3.15 Legislative Assembly ChamberA Day in Parliament The chamber of the Queensland parliament is called the Legislative Assembly of Q ueensland. The Queensland parliament usually sits for three days each sitting week - Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays - with the dates of each sitting week determined by the government at the start of each calendar year or after an election. On average, the Queensland parliament meets for approximately 15 sitting weeks per year. The Queensland parliament operates according to a set of rules known as the Standing Rules and Orders. Amongst other things, the standing orders dictate what occurs in the chamber each day and how members are to behave. The parliament meets from 9:30 am until adjournment each sitting Tuesday and Thursday and from 2 pm to until adjournment on each sitting Wednesday. Committee meetings and hearings are held prior to parliament sitting on Wednesdays. The adjournment time can be extended through the night if the government decides that the business of the parliament needs to continue. The start of a sitting day At the start of each sitting day , bells ring throughout the building to c all the 89 members of parliament to the chamber. When the bells stop, the Speaker of the House is announced by the Sergeant-at-Arms and the Speaker then opens proceedings with a prayer and acknowledges the traditional owners of the land upon which parliament is assembled and the custodians of the sacred lands of Queensland. The business of the chamber then begins according to the pr ogram for each day. Some items which occur at the start of each day include: Speaker’s Statements; Petitions; Ministerial Papers; Ministerial Statements and Personal Explanations . An hour is allocated for this preliminary business. Question Time Question time is scheduled to commence at 10.30 am on T uesdays and Thurdays and at 3 pm on Wednesdays. This is when the parliament becomes a forum for the opposition and Independent members in particular to extract information and to question and scrutinise the policies and actions of the government. The rst two questions are asked by the Leader of the Opposition followed by questions alternating between government and non-government members.
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Factsheet
3.15
Legislative Assembly Chamber
A Day in ParliamentThe chamber of the Queensland
parliament is called the Legislative
Assembly of Queensland. The Queensland
parliament usually sits for three days each
sitting week - Tuesdays, Wednesdays andThursdays - with the dates of each sitting
week determined by the government at
the start of each calendar year or after
an election. On average, the Queensland
parliament meets for approximately 15
sitting weeks per year.
The Queensland parliament operates
according to a set of rules known as the
Standing Rules and Orders. Amongst other
things, the standing orders dictate what
occurs in the chamber each day and howmembers are to behave.
The parliament meets from 9:30 am
until adjournment each sitting Tuesday
and Thursday and from 2 pm to until
adjournment on each sitting Wednesday.
Committee meetings and hearings are
held prior to parliament sitting on
Wednesdays. The adjournment time can
be extended through the night if the
government decides that the business of
the parliament needs to continue.
The start of a sitting day
At the start of each sitting day, bells
ring throughout the building to call
the 89 members of parliament to the
chamber. When the bells stop, the
Speaker of the House is announced by
the Sergeant-at-Arms and the Speaker
then opens proceedings with a prayer and
acknowledges the traditional owners of the
land upon which parliament is assembled
and the custodians of the sacred lands of
Queensland.
The business of the chamber then begins
according to the program for each day.
Some items which occur at the start of each
day include: Speaker’s Statements; Petitions;
Ministerial Papers; Ministerial Statements and
Personal Explanations. An hour is allocated for this
preliminary business.
Question Time
Question time is scheduled to commence at 10.30
am on Tuesdays and Thurdays and at 3 pm on
Wednesdays. This is when the parliament becomes
a forum for the opposition and Independent
members in particular to extract information and
to question and scrutinise the policies and actions
of the government. The rst two questions are
asked by the Leader of the Opposition followed
by questions alternating between government andnon-government members.