House of Representatives

Sources

• aph.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Parliament of Australia website, read 2026-10-12: chamber names and websites. For: House of Representatives
• legislation.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, compilation on legislation.gov.au, cited 2026-10-12 (legislation.gov.au was unreachable from the loader so the section references are from the standard text, not re-read this run; the Constitution text is at aph.gov.au/constitution): Parliament (Ch I), Executive (Ch II), Judicature (Ch III); names and structure of the Parliament, Government and High Court. For: House of Representatives
• aph.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Parliament of Australia, current Members and Senators search results, read 2026-10-12: seat counts 150 and 76 match the lists (150 members, 76 senators). For: Member of the House of Representatives
• legislation.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, cited 2026-10-12 (legislation.gov.au was unreachable from the loader so the section references are from the standard text, not re-read this run; the Constitution text is at aph.gov.au/constitution): office, size and method of selection (ss 7, 24, 35, 17, 61-64, 72). For: Member of the House of Representatives, Speaker of the House of Representatives
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia fallback, read 2026-10-12: Speaker/President of the Senate; the official sites could not be fetched; cross-check against Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2025-2028 and Members of the Australian Senate, 2025-2028. For: Speaker of the House of Representatives
• handbookapi.aph.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Start date set to polling day, the day the member was returned, as the APH Parliamentary Handbook records of service date House service (read 2026-10-12): 3 May 2025 for members returned at the general election, replacing the first-sitting date 22 July 2025. CONVENTIONS section 4, ticket 1979 For: Steve Georganas as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Adelaide, Mary Doyle as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Aston, Catherine King as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Ballarat, Zhi Soon as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Banks, Tony Pasin as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Barker and 143 more
• aph.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Parliament of Australia, current Members and Senators lists, read 2026-10-12: who holds the seat and their party. Start date: first sitting of the 48th Parliament, 22 July 2025 (Wikipedia, Members of the Australian House of Representatives 2025-2028, fallback); David Farley (Farrer by-election 9 May 2026) start date unknown, left empty. For: Steve Georganas as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Adelaide, Mary Doyle as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Aston, Catherine King as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Ballarat, Zhi Soon as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Banks, Tony Pasin as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Barker and 145 more
• handbookapi.aph.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Start date set to polling day, the day the member was returned, as the APH Parliamentary Handbook records of service date House service (read 2026-10-12): by-election of 2026-05-09. CONVENTIONS section 4, ticket 1979 For: David Farley as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Farrer
• handbookapi.aph.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Start date set to polling day, the day the member was returned, as the APH Parliamentary Handbook records of service date House service (read 2026-10-12): 3 May 2025; the record of service has no 2025 row for this member, and APH Elections/MembersElected?year=2025 lists him for Page. CONVENTIONS section 4, ticket 1979 For: Kevin Hogan as Member of the House of Representatives, Division of Page
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia, 48th Parliament of Australia, and news reports of the first sitting, read 2026-10-12: Milton Dick re-elected Speaker unopposed and Sue Lines re-elected President of the Senate (55 votes to 12) on 22 July 2025; start of the current mandate (was 2022-07-26, the first election). Fallback: Wikipedia/news, because aph.gov.au returns HTTP 403 to fetches. For: Milton Dick as Speaker of the House of Representatives
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia fallback, read 2026-10-12: Speaker (Milton Dick) and President of the Senate (Sue Lines), in office since 26 July 2022 per Wikipedia member-list pages; both re-elected to the 48th Parliament. For: Milton Dick as Speaker of the House of Representatives
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia, Next Australian federal election, read 2026-10-12: latest possible dates (House 23 Sep 2028, half-Senate 20 May 2028) derived from Constitution s 28 and the Electoral Act 1918 s 156. Fallback: no election date has been announced by the AEC; confirm at aec.gov.au. For: General election, September 23, 2028