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austalian law and constitution
which, until the Parliament otherwise provides, shall be ten thousand
pounds.
The salary of a Governor-General shall not be altered during his
continuance in office.
Provisions relating to Governor-General.
4. The provisions of this Constitution relating to the Governor-General
extend and apply to the Governor-General for the time being, or such person
as the Queen may appoint to administer the Government of the Commonwealth;
but no such person shall be entitled to receive any salary from the
Commonwealth in respect of any other office during his administration of
the Government of the Commonwealth.
Sessions of Parliament. Prorogation and dissolution.
5. The Governor-General may appoint such times for holding the sessions of
the Parliament as he thinks fit, and may also from time to time, by
Proclamation or otherwise, prorogue the Parliament, and may in like manner
dissolve the House of Representatives.
Summoning Parliament.
After any general election the Parliament shall be summoned to meet not
later than thirty days after the day appointed for the return of the writs.
First session.
The Parliament shall be summoned to meet not later than six months after
the establishment of the Commonwealth.
Yearly session of Parliament.
6. There shall be a session of the Parliament once at least in every year,
so that twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the
Parliament in one session and its first sitting in the next session.
PART II.-THE SENATE.
7. The Senate shall be composed of senators for each State, directly chosen
by the people of the State, voting, until the Parliament otherwise
provides, as one electorate.
But until the Parliament of the Commonwealth otherwise provides, the
Parliament of the State of Queensland, if that State be an Original State,
may make laws dividing the State into divisions and determining the number
of senators to be chosen for each division, and in the absence of such
provision the State shall be one electorate.
Until the Parliament otherwise provides there shall be six senators for
each Original State. The Parliament may make laws increasing or diminishing
the number of senators for each State,5 but so that equal representation of
the several Original States shall be maintained and that no Original State
shall have less than six senators.
The senators shall be chosen for a term of six years, and the names of the
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