Legislative Assembly of Australian Capital Territory

Joined the Commonwealth: 29 April 1949

CPA Branch formed: 18 October 1989

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral - Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly (25)

Parliament/Legislature website: Legislative Assembly Australia Capital Territory

Standing Orders: Legislative Assembly of Australia Capital Territory

Committees:

• Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: 17

Recent articles in The Parliamentarian (2015 to present):

• The Parliamentarian 2023 Issue One: 'Listening to our young people - Youth Engagement in Parliaments' by Joy Burch, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory
  
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue One: 'Law in the time of Corona: Optimising Parliamentary functions during long-term crises' by Joy Burch, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Four: 'CPA Small Branches and Disabilities' by Joy Burch, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Three: 'Big problems small Parliaments: Tackling climate change as a small jurisdiction' by Joy Burch, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Two: 'Promoting the diversity and recognition of languages in the Commonwealth' by Joy Burch, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue One - 'Twists and turns: Charting the procedural evolution of the small Legislature' by Joy Burch, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory
• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue Two - 'CPA Benchmarks and the ACT experience' by Tom Duncan, Clerk of the ACT Legislature
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Two - 'Brunei has exposed Commonwealth countries’ deep discrimination against LGBT+ people: A View from Australia' by Chris Steel, MLA
• The Parliamentarian 2018 Issue Three - 'Women in the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory' by Joy Burch, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory
• The Parliamentarian 2018 Issue Three - 'More than just points of order - the role of a Speaker in a small Legislature' by Tom Duncan, Clerk of the ACT Legislature
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Three - 'Decoding the code: applying the CPA code of conduct and CPA Benchmarks to the Legislative Assembly for the ACT' by Tom Duncan, Clerk of the ACT Legislature
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Three - 'Increasing Indigenous Parliamentarians in Australia' by Chris Bourke MLA
• The Parliamentarian 2016 Issue Four - 'Parliament and the Numbers: How the ACT Legislature revised the number of Members in Parliament' by Tom Duncan, Clerk of the ACT Legislature
• The Parliamentarian 2016 Issue Three - 'Embracing Latimer: The ACT experience of Separation of Powers' by Hon. Vicki Dunne MLA, Speaker of the Legislature and David Skinner, Director of Governance and Communications, Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory
• The Parliamentarian 2015 Issue Four - 'Codes of Conduct for Members' by Chris Bourke MLA