Australian Legislative Council may refer to:
- South Australian Legislative Council, one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia.
- Western Australian Legislative Council, one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia.
- New South Wales Legislative Council, one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of New South Wales.
- Tasmanian Legislative Council, one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Tasmania.
- Queensland Legislative Council, one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Queensland (abolished)
- Victorian Legislative Council, one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Victoria
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“Each Australian is a Ulysses.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“However much we may differ in the choice of the measures which should guide the administration of the government, there can be but little doubt in the minds of those who are really friendly to the republican features of our system that one of its most important securities consists in the separation of the legislative and executive powers at the same time that each is acknowledged to be supreme, in the will of the people constitutionally expressed.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“Parental attitudes have greater correlation with pupil achievement than material home circumstances or variations in school and classroom organization, instructional materials, and particular teaching practices.”
—Children and Their Primary Schools, vol. 1, ch. 3, Central Advisory Council for Education, London (1967)