In 2001 Queensland collapsed its old westminster style of multiple acts and bills into
a single constitutional document
. The Queensland government did not take the opportunity to innovate and instead followed NSW's and Victoria's example by making a standard Australian style constitutional westminster system. Queensland did so as a unicameral parliamentary system as the Legislative Council had been shed in 1922. So what constitutional requirements does Queensland have to follow to get it back?
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The Nebraskan State Legislature in the United States is a unicameral house. There is no upper house such as the Senate in the Australian system or the Legislative Councils in the Australian states. The Nebraskan Senators at the federal level recently proposed that the state adopt a bicameral legislative structure. (more)
