Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Anna Burke, Labor since 9 October 2012
Structure
Members	150
Political groups	Government (71)       Labor (71) Opposition Coalition (72)       Liberal (44)       LNP (20)       Nationals (6)       Nationals WA (1)       CLP (1) Crossbench (8)       Independent (5)       Greens (1)       KAP (1)
Elections
Last election	21 August 2010
Meeting place
Parliament House Canberra, ACT Australia
Website
House of Representatives

The House of Representatives is the lower house of the Parliament of Australia. The upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament (MPs) serve for terms of about three years. There are 150 members. The number of members selected in each state and territory depends on the population.