Editing Northern Territory Legislative Assembly (section)

{{Short description|Unicameral legislature of the Northern Territory, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox legislature
| background_color = #307159
 | name          = Legislative Assembly
 | legislature   = [[Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 2024–2028|15th Assembly]]
 | coa_pic       = Northern_Territory_Coat_of_Arms.svg
 |coa_caption=[[Coat of Arms of the Northern Territory]]
 | coa_res       = 190px
 | logo_pic      = NT Legislative Assembly logo.png
 | logo_res      = 90px
 | session_room  = Darwin (AU), Parliament House -- 2019 -- 4336-8.jpg
 | foundation    = {{start date and age|1974}}
 |logo_caption=Legislative Assembly logo| house_type    = [[Unicameralism|Unicameral]]
 | leader1_type  = [[Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]
 | leader1       = [[Robyn Lambley]]
 | party1        = 
 | election1     = 15 October 2024
 | leader2_type  = Deputy Speaker
 | leader2       = TBD
 | party2        = 
 | election2     = 
 | leader3_type  = Leader of Government Business
 | leader3       = [[Steve Edgington]]
 | party3        = [[Country Liberal Party|Country Liberal]]
 | election3     =
 | leader4_type  = Government Whip
 | leader4       = [[Andrew Mackay (Australian politician)|Andrew Mackay]]
 | party4        = [[Country Liberal Party|Country Liberal]]
 | election4     = 24 August 2024
 | members       = '''25'''
 | structure1    = [[File:Northern Territory - Legislative Assembly (Post-2024 Election).svg|200px]] | structure1_res = 175px
 | political_groups1 = '''[[Government of the Northern Territory|Government]] (17)'''<br/>
* {{color box|{{party color|Country Liberal Party}}}} [[Country Liberal Party|Country Liberal]] (17)
'''[[Opposition (Northern Territory)|Opposition]] (4)'''<br/>
* {{color box|#f00011}} [[Territory Labor Party|Labor]] (4)
'''Crossbench (4)'''<br/>
* {{color box|{{party color|Australian Greens}}}} [[NT Greens|Greens]] ([[Kat McNamara|1]])
* {{color box|{{party color|Independent}}}} [[Independent (politics)|Independent]] (3){{efn|Current [[Independent politician|independent]] MLAs: [[Justine Davis]] ([[Electoral division of Johnston|Johnston]]), [[Yingiya Mark Guyula]] ([[Electoral division of Mulka|Mulka]]), [[Robyn Lambley]] ([[Electoral division of Araluen|Araluen]])}}
 | voting_system1 =  [[Instant-runoff voting|Full preferential voting]]
 | term_length = 4 years
 | first_election1 = [[1974 Northern Territory general election|19 October 1974]]
 | last_election1 = [[2024 Northern Territory general election|24 August 2024]]
 | next_election1 = [[2028 Northern Territory general election|22 August 2028]]
 | meeting_place = [[Parliament House, Darwin|Parliament House]], [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] 
 | website       = {{URL|https://parliament.nt.gov.au/}}
|constitution={{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|nta1978425|Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978}}}}
The '''Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory''' (also known as the '''Parliament of the Northern Territory'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parliament in the Northern Territory |url=https://parliament.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/819178/Secondary-school-information-book.pdf |publisher=Parliamentary Education Services: Department of the Legislative Assembly |page=3}}</ref>) is the [[unicameral]] legislature of Australia’s [[Northern Territory]]. The Legislative Assembly has 25 members, each elected in [[single-member electorate]]s for four-year terms.<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|nta1978425|Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978|17}}</ref> The voting method for the Assembly is the [[full-preferential voting]] system, having previously been [[optional preferential voting]]. Elections are on the fourth Saturday in August of the fourth year after the previous election, but can be earlier in the event of a [[no confidence|no-confidence]] vote in the [[Government of the Northern Territory|government]]. The most recent election for the Legislative Assembly was the [[2024 Northern Territory general_election|2024 election held on 24 August.]] The next election is scheduled for 26 August 2028.

Persons who are qualified under the ''[[Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918]]'' to vote for a member for the Northern Territory in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] are qualified to vote at an election for the Legislative Assembly. Voting is compulsory for all those over 18 years of age. Since 2004, elections have been conducted by the [[Northern Territory Electoral Commission]], which also organises regular electoral redistributions.<ref>''Electoral Act 2004''</ref><ref>{{cite web
      | url         = http://www.ntec.nt.gov.au/NTEC/Pages/default.aspx
      | title       = About the Northern Territory Electoral Commission
      | publisher   = NT Electoral Commission
      | access-date  = 2015-07-04}}</ref>

Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly become laws once given assent by the [[Administrator of the Northern Territory]], the representative of the [[Commonwealth Government]] and the [[Monarchy of Australia|Crown in right of the Northern Territory]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-09-22 |title=Role of the Administrator |url=https://govhouse.nt.gov.au/the-administrator/role-of-the-administrator |access-date= |website=Government House Northern Territory |language=en}}</ref>