- SECT 7
The Senate [see Note 5]
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 such 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 six 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 the Governor to the
Governor-General.
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.