Speaker of the Senate (Australia)
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Speaker of the Senate, also known as Senate Speaker, is a Government Position in Australia. This position is restricted to Current Australian Senators, and is responsible for keeping order in the Senate Hall.
Senate Speakers are unable to be involved in the Australian Cabinet.
Category: Parliamentary
Government Body: Senate
Department: Speaker
Reports to: The Senate as a whole
Position Allocation: Nomination and Vote by the Senate according to the Constitution and / or Act of Parliament.
Job Purpose:
The Speaker and Deputy Speaker are responsible for Moderating topics on the Senate Forums, closing and moving them into the Voting Hall for the Senate to vote after the elapsed time. They are responsible for Tallying the votes and making them known, as well as locking the voting topics after the elapsed timeframe. They must move Votes and Topics into the correct Archived Forums after the appropriate elapsed timeframe. They are responsible for the Posting of Acts and other Policies into the Policies forum should those responsible initially for the task be unable to do so.
Previous Senate Speakers[1]
- January 2009: N/A
- February 2009: N/A
- March 2009 N/A
- April 2009 Preditorian
- May 2009 Preditorian
- June 2009: Melchizedek Smith
- July 2009: Melchizedek Smith
- August 2009: Coppr
- September 2009: Aussie Vegeta
- October 2009: Dean Kong
- November 2009: N/A
- December 2009: N/A
- January 2010: Alex Australis
- February 2010: Xavier Griffith
- March 2010: Binda33
- April 2010: Infin
- May 2010: Binda33
- June 2010: Aeros
- July 2010: Infin
- August 2010: Kyle Thornton
- September 2010: Venja
- October 2010: Bowen Eley
- November 2010: Majester
- December 2010: Majester
- January 2011: Banzai/Flatty
- February 2011: Xavier Griffith
- March 2011: Majester
- April 2011: Majester
- May 2011: Yobbo McSweeny
- June 2011: Binda33
- July 2011: Binda33
- August 2011: Timeoin
- September 2011: N/A
- October 2011: N/A
- November 2011: N/A
- December 2011: TJ Norton
Previous Deputy Speakers
- January 2009: N/A
- February 2009: N/A
- March 2009: N/A
- April 2009: N/A
- May 2009: eViL nUt
- June 2009: Newt Gingrich
- July 2009: Newt Gingrich
- August 2009: N/A
- September 2009: Mark Sanchez
- October 2009: Mark Sanchez
- November 2009: N/A
- December 2009: N/A
- January 2010 Calbe, Sir David Newton
- ... no information available
- December 2011: Wally Wilson
Senate Speaker/ Deputy Speaker Elections
The following Speaker elections results are available:
2009
January, February, March, April
No information is available.
May[2][3]
Senate Speaker
- Preditorian: 26
- Melchizedek Smith: 8
Deputy Senate Speaker
- eViL nUt 15
- Alex Australis 13
- Australian Warlord 7
- Icey1174 0
June
Senate Speaker
Deputy Senate Speaker
July[4][5]
Senate Speaker
Deputy Senate Speaker
- Newt Gingrich 10*
- DARK VORODOR 10
- Mark Sanchez 7
- * - Senate Speaker Melchizedek Smith voted to break the tiebreak
August
No information is available.
September[6]
Senate Speaker
- Aussie Vegeta: 11
- Mark Sanchez: 4
- Paul Hamon: 4
Deputy Senate Speaker
- Mark Sanchez: 7
- Guy Baumber: 6
- Aussie Vegeta: 4
- Corey Blake: 4
October[7]
Senate Speaker
Deputy Senate Speaker
November and December
No information is available.
2010
January[8]
Senate Speaker:
- Alex Australis 19
- Sir David Newton 11
- Brenflakes 7
Deputy Senate Speaker:
- Calbe 12
- Brenflakes 11
- Majester 6
- Guy Baumber 3
References
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