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VoxBrief - August 2009 - Do parliaments need upper houses?
DO PARLIAMENTS NEED UPPER HOUSES? By Roslyn Phillips BSc, DipEd and Richard Egan BA, GradDipLibSc.
Australia's federal parliament is bicameral ("two chambered"). It has two houses - a lower house called the House of Representatives and an upper house called the Senate. Legislation must be passed by both houses, and signed by the Governor-General, before it can become law.
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