The metaphoric and symbolic uses of clouds are many, and furnish some of the most powerful figures of Scripture. In the Old Testament, Yahweh's presence is made manifest and His glory shown forth in a cloud. The cloud is usually spoken of as bright and shining, and it could not be fathomed by man:
The Senate is one of the two houses of the Australian Federal Parliament. It consists of 76 senators, twelve from each of the six states and two from each of the mainland territories.
The Australian Parliament as elected at the 2010 election was the 43rd Federal Parliament since Federation. It was the first hung parliament in the House of Representatives since the election of 1940, with Labor and the Coalition winning 72 seats each of 150 total.