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The New South Wales Legislative Council or upper house is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as the upper house. It is normal for legislation to be first deliberated on and enacted in the lower house and then considered again in the upper house which acts in the main as a house of review.

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election date leader
2011-05-03
last election date
2011-03-26
leader
Don Harwin
legislative period name
55th Parliament
location
New South Wales, Parliament House Sydney, Australia
political party in legislature
Australian Labor Party, Liberal Party of Australia, National Party of Australia, Christian Democratic Party (Australia), Shooters and Fishers Party, Greens New South Wales
political party of leader
Liberal Party of Australia

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