Parliament of Victoria

Joined the Commonwealth: 29 April 1949

CPA Branch formed: 19 November 1926

Unicameral/Bicameral: Bicameral - Legislative Assembly (88), Legislative Council (40)

Parliament/Legislature website: Parliament of Victoria

Standing Orders: Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Committees:

Number of Joint Committees: 5 (Electoral Matters, Integrity and Oversight, Public Accounts and Estimates, Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations, Dispute Resolution)

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: 5 Legislative Council Committees (Privileges, Procedure, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment and Planning, and Legal and Social Issues

5 Legislative Assembly Committees (Privileges, Standing Orders, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment and Planning, and Legal and Social Issues).

Articles in The Parliamentarian (2013 to present)

• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue Three - Conference Issue: 65th CPC - CPA Victoria Branch - 'Transitioning to life after Parliament' research event by Andrea Coote, Victorian Parliament Former Members Association
  
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue Three - CPA news: 51st Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference (POCC), hosted by the Victoria Parliament in Melbourne, Australia and Parliamentary Twinning Programmes between CPA Australia and CPA Pacific Regions 
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue One - Reflecting on two years of the COVID-19 pandemic - Complexity: evolving pandemic meets federation - Australia's experience of the COVID-19 pandemic by Professor Dr Ken Coghill, Swinburne University and former CPA Victoria Branch Member
  
• The Parliamentarian 2018 Issue Three - 'The Council and the Crossbench: Balance of power in the 58th Parliament and the changing face of the Victorian Legislative Council' by Hon. Bruce Atkinson, MLC, President of the Legislative Council
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Three - 'Parliamentary independence and the Separation of Powers' by Jon Breukel, Research Coordinator, Parliament of Victoria
• The Parliamentarian 2016 Issue Four - 'Democracy for Millennials - Youth Engagement at the Victorian Parliament' by Hon. Bruce Atkinson, MLC, President of the Legislative Council