226 seats are in the australian parliament.
226 seats are in the australian parliament.
how many seats are in the australian parliament?
226
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there are three basic differences between the house of representatives chamber and that of the senate. firstly, the house is more crowded with seating than the senate, reflecting the requirement for double the number of members. secondly, the front benches are long, continuous benches with no desks, similar to the front benches of the house of commons. thirdly, the speaker's chair presents a significant stylistic contrast, as it is a copy of a.w.n. pugin's speaker's chair in the british house of commons, presented to the australian parliament by the british branch of the empire parliamentary association in 1926. this chair was then copied for the replacement of the original speaker's chair in the house of commons, destroyed in an air raid during the second world war, which was a gift of the australian parliament to the house of commons. the royal coat of arms over the chair is carved in oak from timber originally built into westminster hall in 1399. the hinged flaps of the armrests are of oak from nelson's flagship "hms victory", in the battle of trafalgar (1805). the chair symbolises the australian parliament's associations with british history and the parliament at westminster.
old parliament house, canberra