21. At Whitlam's request, on 30 July Sir John Kerr issued a proclamation convening the joint sitting . 22. A joint sitting of the Parliament of South Australia officially nominated Fisher as a senator on 6 June 2007. 23. O'Brien was appointed to replace Hall at a joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament on 26 March. 24. The queen alluded to South Africa's years of isolation in a speech to a joint sitting of Parliament: 25. There was opposition to the system from the Liberal-Country Party joint sitting of Parliament on 7 August 1974. 26. During the Joint Sitting of 1974 the Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Jim Cope was the presiding officer. 27. Under the constitution, the new President was elected by members of both houses of Parliament in a joint sitting . 28. The speech from the throne upon the State Opening of Parliament is made before a joint sitting of both Houses. 29. The next day, Di?m addressed a joint sitting of the US Congress, with both the Senate in attendance. 30. On 6 May 2015, McAllister was elected by a joint sitting of the NSW Parliament to fill the vacancy.
