Australian House of Representatives

House of Representatives
House of Representatives
48th Parliament of Australia
	Commonwealth Coat of Arms
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Australia
Leadership
Speaker	Milton Dick, Labor ; since 26 July 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese, Labor ; since 23 May 2022
Leader of the House	Tony Burke, Labor ; since 1 June 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Angus Taylor, Liberal ; since 13 February 2026
Manager of Opposition Business	Alex Hawke, Liberal ; since 28 May 2025
Structure
Seats	150
Political groups	Government (78) ; Labor (78); ; Opposition (55); Coalition ; Liberal (40); National (15); ; Crossbench (17) ; Greens (4); Katter's Australian (1); Centre Alliance (1); Independent (11); ; Vacant (1) ; Vacant (1)
Length of term	3 years
Elections
Voting system	Full preferential voting
Last election	3 May 2025
Next election	By 20 May 2028
Meeting place
	House of Representatives Chamber; Parliament House; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; 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. This is determined by the AEC (Australian Electoral Commission).

Notes

↑ Including 14 Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) MPs who sit in the Liberals party room
↑ Including 6 Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) MPs who sit in the Nationals party room
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↑ 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

↑ "Federal elections". Parliamentary Education Office. 10 November 2023. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
↑ "Redistributions". Australian Electoral Commission.

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[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

[independents-3] 
Kate Chaney

Zoe Daniel

Andrew Gee

Helen Haines

Dai Le

Monique Ryan

Sophie Scamps

Allegra Spender

Zali Steggall

Kylea Tink

Andrew Wilkie

[mwPQ] Kate Chaney

[mwPw] Zoe Daniel

[mwQQ] Andrew Gee

[mwQw] Helen Haines

[mwRQ] Dai Le

[mwRw] Monique Ryan

[mwSQ] Sophie Scamps

[mwSw] Allegra Spender

[mwTQ] Zali Steggall

[mwTw] Kylea Tink

[mwUQ] 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.

[Parliamentary_Education_Office-2023-5] "Federal elections". Parliamentary Education Office. 10 November 2023. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

[6] "Redistributions". Australian Electoral Commission.