Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly
10th Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	11 May 1989; 35 years ago (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)[1] 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 Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly is the only chamber of the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory. It sits in the Legislative Assembly Building in Canberra.

1. ↑ 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