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Parliament of New South Wales
Parliament of New South Wales
58th Parliament
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Legislative Council; Legislative Assembly
History
Founded	22 May 1856; 168 years ago
New session started	9 May 2023
Leadership
Monarch	Charles III ; since 8 September 2022
Governor	Margaret Beazley ; since 2 May 2019
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Greg Piper, Independent ; since 9 May 2023
President of the Legislative Council	Ben Franklin, Nationals ; since 9 May 2023
Premier	Chris Minns, Labor ; since 28 March 2023
Leader of the Opposition	Mark Speakman, Liberal ; since 21 April 2023
Structure
Seats	135 (93 MLA, 42 MLC)
Legislative Assembly political groups	Government (45) Labor (45); Opposition (36) Liberal (25); Nationals (11); Crossbench (12) Greens (3); Independent (9);
Legislative Council political groups	Government (15) Labor (15); Opposition (15) Liberal (10); National (5); Crossbench (12) Greens (4); One Nation (3); Shooters, Fishers, Farmers (2); Animal Justice (1); Legalise Cannabis (1); Liberal Democrats (1);
Elections
Legislative Assembly voting system	Optional preferential voting
Legislative Council voting system	Single transferable vote
Last general election	25 March 2023
Next general election	2027
Meeting place
	Parliament House,; Sydney, New South Wales,; Australia
Website
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au
Constitution
	Constitution of New South Wales

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The Parliament of New South Wales is the legislature of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is bicameral, meaning it has two chambers of parliament: the lower house (the Legislative Assembly) and the upper house (the Legislative Council).

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