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New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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NameNew South Wales Legislative Assembly
Coa PicNSWparliament.jpg
House TypeLower house
Leader1 TypeSpeaker
Leader1Hon. Shelley Hancock MP
Party1Liberal
Election13 May 2011
Leader2 TypeDeputy Speaker
Members93
Political Groups1Her Majesty's Government
  Liberal (51)
  National (18)

HM Most Loyal Opposition
  Labor (20)

Other parties in opposition
  Independent (3)
{{colorbox| }} Greens (1)
Last Election126 March 2011
Meeting PlaceLegislative Assembly Chamber
Parliament House, Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia

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The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

The Assembly has 93 members, elected by single-member constituency, which are commonly known as seats. Voting is by the optional preferential system.

Members of the Legislative Assembly have the acronym MP after their names.

The Assembly is often called the bearpit on the basis of the house's reputation for confrontational style during heated moments and the "savage political theatre and the bloodlust of its professional players" attributed in part to executive dominance.

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Part 1 of my inaugural speech to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Member of Parliament for Campbelltown
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Part 2 of my inaugural speech to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Member of Parliament for Campbelltown
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Sydney Morning Herald--After hours of debate in the -Legislative Assembly-, MPs passed the bill, which will now be considered by the -NSW- upper house. ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:06:08 GMT+00:00
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Sydney Morning Herald---...- the defendants named in Widdup's lawsuit is the former state secretary of the CFMEU, Andrew Ferguson, now a candidate for the -NSW Legislative Assembly-. ... - Date : Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:49:51 GMT+00:00

Party Seats held Current Assembly
2011 Now
Liberal Party of Australia 51 51                                                                                                      
Australian Labor Party 20 20                                        
National Party of Australia 18 18                                    
Independent 3 3      
Greens 1 1  

Government of New South Wales

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LegislativeParliament * Legislative Assembly * Legislative Council * Electoral districts * MLAs * MLCs * Opposition Leader * Shadow Cabinet
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