Australian 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).

House of Representatives
47th Parliament of Australia
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Australia
Leadership
Speaker	Milton Dick, Labor since 26 July 2022
Leader of the House	Tony Burke, Labor since 1 June 2022
Manager of Opposition Business	Paul Fletcher, Liberal since 5 June 2022
Structure
Seats	151
Political groups	Government (78)   Labor (78) Opposition (55) Coalition   Liberal (40)[lower-alpha 1]   National (15)[lower-alpha 2] Crossbench (17)   Greens (4)   Katter's Australian (1)   Centre Alliance (1)   Independent (11)[lower-alpha 3] Vacant (1)   Vacant (1)[lower-alpha 4]
Length of term	3 years
Elections
Voting system	Instant-runoff voting
Last election	21 May 2022
Next election	2025
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Parliament House Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia
Website
House of Representatives

Notes

1. Including 14 Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) MPs who sit in the Liberals party room
2. Including 6 Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) MPs who sit in the Nationals party room
3. • Kate Chaney
   • Zoe Daniel
   • Andrew Gee
   • Helen Haines
   • Dai Le
   • Monique Ryan
   • Sophie Scamps
   • Allegra Spender
   • Zali Steggall
   • Kylea Tink
   • Andrew Wilkie
4. Stuart Robert (LNP) resigned from his seat of Fadden on 18 May 2023. A by-election will be held in his seat later this year.

References

1. "Redistributions". Australian Electoral Commission.