Legislative Council

Live Broadcast of Proceedings

(available during Sitting)

Current Sitting Details and Chamber Documents

The Legislative Council will next sit on Tuesday 11 June commencing at 3:00 PM
Notice Paper No 7

Contact Us

Administration Office

street address:	1st Floor, Parliament House Harvest Terrace, PERTH WA 6000
postal address:	Parliament House GPO Box A11 PERTH WA 6837
telephone:	61 8 9222 7466
facsmile:	61 8 9486 1274
email:	LCAdmin@parliament.wa.gov.au

Committee Office

street address:	18-32 Parliament Place WEST PERTH WA 6005
postal address:	Parliament House GPO Box A11 PERTH WA 6837
telephone:	61 8 9222 7300
facsmile:	61 8 9222 7805
email:	lcco@parliament.wa.gov.au

The Legislative Council is the upper House of the Parliament of Western Australia, and comprises 36 members elected from six multi-member regions by a system of preferential representation (proportional representation). Proportional representation is a voting system designed to ensure that the mix of successful candidates in a multi-member electorate reflects as closely as possible the proportional break-up of all the valid votes cast in an election. The Legislative Council’s principal roles and functions are:

legislating, monitoring and reviewing government legislation, administration and expenditure
gathering information and publicising issues, by using committees, question time and through parliamentary debates on motions, Bills, and by petitions presented by members on behalf of members of the public.