Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Andrew Wallace, Liberal ; since 23 November 2021
Structure
Seats	151
Political groups	Government (76) ; Coalition ; Liberal (60); Nationals (16) ; ; Opposition (68) ; Labor (68) ; ; Crossbench (7) ; Greens (1); UAP (1) ; KAP (1) ; Centre Alliance (1); Independent (3)
Elections
Last election	18 May 2019
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 151 members. Each member represents one electorate. The number of electorates is figured out so that it is in proportion to the population of each state/territory. and so that each one has roughly the same population.^[1] This is determined by the AEC (Australian Electoral Commission).

References[change | change source]

↑ "Redistributions". Australian Electoral Commission.

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[1] "Redistributions". Australian Electoral Commission.

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