V.  Australien.  1396  251.  Australia.

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  sueh  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,  but  so  that  equal  representation  of  the  several
Original  States  shall  be  maintained  and  that  no  Original  State  shall  have  less  than
BiX  SENators.

The  senators  shall  be  chosen  for  a  term  of  six  years,  and  the  names  of  the  senators
chosen  for  each  State  shall  be  certified  by  tlıe  Governor  to  the  Governor-General.

8.  The  qualification  of  electors  of  senators  shall  be  in  each  State  that  which
is  prescribed  by  this  Constitution,  or  by  the  Parliament,  as  the  qualifacation  for
electors  of  members  of  the  House  of  Representatives;  but  in  the  choosing  of  senators
each  elector  shall  vote  only  once.

9.  The  Parliament  of  the  Commonwealth  may  make  laws  prescribing  the  method
of  choosing  senators,  but  so  that  the  method  shall  be  uniform  for  all  the  States.  Subject
  to  any  such  law,  the  Parliament  of  each  State  make  laws  prescribing  the  method
of  choosing  the  senators  for  that  State.

The  Parliament  of  a  State  may  make  laws  for  determining  the  times  and  plaees
of  elections  of  senators  for  the  State.

10.  Until  the  Parliament  otherwise  provides,  but  subject  to  this  Constitution,
the  laws  in  force  in  each  State,  for  the  time  being,  relating  to  elections  for  the  more
numerous  House  of  the  Parliament:  of  the  State  shall,  as  nearly  as  practicable,  apply
to  elections  of  senaters  for  the  State.

11.  The  Senate  may  proceed  to  the  despatch  of  business,  notwithstending
the  failure  of  any  State  to  provide  for  its  representation  in  the  Senate.

12.  The  Governor  of  any  State  may  cause  writs  to  be  issued  for  eleetions  of
senators  for  the  State.  In  case  of  the  dissolution  of  the  Senate  the  writs  shall  be
issued  ‚within  ten  days  from  :the  proclamation  of  such  dissolutien.

13.  As  soon  as  may  be  after  the  Senate  first  meets,  and  after:each  first’  meeting
of  the  senate  following  a  dissolution  thereof,  the  Senate  shall  divide  the  -‚senaters
:chosen  for  each  State  into.two  classes;  and  the  places  of  the  senators  of:the  first  class
shall  become  vacant  at  the.  expiration  of  the  third  year,  and  the  plaoes  of  these:  of
the  second  class  at  the  expiration  of:the  sixth  year,  from  the  beginning  of  their  term