The speaker of the Australian House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Australian House of Representatives,the lower house of the Parliament of Australia. The counterpart in the upper house is the president of the Senate. The office of the speakership was established in 1901 by section 35 of the Constitution of Australia. The primary responsibilities of the office is to oversee house debates,determine which members may speak,maintain order and the parliamentary and ministerial codes of conduct during sessions and uphold all rules and standing orders. The current speaker of the House of Representatives is Milton Dick,who was elected on 26 July 2022.
The speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. A member of Parliament (MP),they are elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow MPs. The speaker's role in presiding over Canada's House of Commons is similar to that of speakers elsewhere in other countries that use the Westminster system.
Anna Elizabeth Burke is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from October 2012 to August 2013,and was Acting Speaker from May to October 2012. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),she was the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Chisholm from 1998 to 2016.
David Francis Jull was an Australian politician. He was a long-serving Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives,representing the Division of Bowman,Queensland,from 1975 to 1983 and Fadden,Queensland,from 1984 to 2007,serving a total of 30 years. He was a minister in the government of John Howard.
Peter Neil Slipper is an Australian former politician and bishop who served as the 27th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2011 to 2012. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia for most of his career,he was the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Fisher from 1984 to 1987 and again from 1993 to 2013. He is the current bishop in Australia for the Catholic Apostolic Church of Australia (ICAB) a mission of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church and an honorary consul for Brazil in Australia.
Anthony David Hawthorn Smith is an Australian politician who served as the 30th speaker of the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Casey from 2001 until he stood down in 2022.
Lawrence James Springborg is an Australian politician. He led the National Party in the Queensland Parliament from 2003 to 2006 and again in 2008,before becoming the first leader of the merged Liberal National Party from 2008 to 2009. He led the LNP again from 2015 to 2016 before announcing his retirement. He currently serves as Mayor of Goondiwindi Regional Council,having been elected in March 2020.
The Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS),formerly the Church of England Grammar School and commonly referred to as Churchie,is an independent,Anglican,day and boarding school for boys,located in East Brisbane,an inner suburb of Brisbane,Queensland,Australia.
In the Parliament of Australia,the Leader of the House is the government minister responsible for the management of government business in the House of Representatives,including the order in which the Government's agenda is to be dealt with,tactical matters in reaction to impediments to such management,negotiation with the Opposition's counterpart about the order in which bills are to be debated,and the time allotted for debates. The position is currently held by Tony Burke since June 2022.
Sir Littleton Ernest Groom KCMG KC was an Australian politician. He held ministerial office under four prime ministers between 1905 and 1925,and subsequently served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1926 to 1929.
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major conservative political party in Queensland,Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. At a federal level and in most other states,the two parties remain distinct and often operate as a Coalition. The LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia,and an affiliate of the National Party of Australia.
Timothy James Nicholls is an Australian politician and a former leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. He served as the Treasurer of Queensland and the Minister for Trade of that state between March/April 2012 and 14 February 2015. He is the member for Clayfield in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He was originally a member of the Liberal Party including a stint as its deputy leader,but joined the Liberal National Party in 2008 when the Liberal Party and the National Party merged in Queensland.
Christopher Maurice Pyne is a retired Australian politician. As a member of the Liberal Party,he held several ministerial positions in the Howard,Abbott,Turnbull and Morrison governments,and served as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Sturt from 1993 until his retirement in 2019.
Cameron Robert Dick is an Australian politician and member of the Labor Party who was the 36th Deputy Premier of Queensland from 2023 to 2024,51st Treasurer of the state of Queensland from 2020 to 2024,and Minister for Trade and Investment from 2021 to 2024. He previously served as Minister for State Development,Manufacturing,Infrastructure and Planning and was Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services in the Palaszczuk Ministry. He also served as Attorney-General,Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations in the Bligh government. He is currently a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Woodridge.
William John Glasson is an Australian ophthalmologist. He was President of the Australian Medical Association 2003–05. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Liberal National Party of Queensland in the contest for the seat of Griffith,held by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd,in the 2013 federal election. He was again unsuccessful in the by-election held on 8 February 2014 as a result of Rudd's resignation from Parliament.
Keith John Pitt is an Australian politician. He is a member of the National Party and has represented the Division of Hinkler in Queensland since the 2013 federal election. He was a member of cabinet in the Morrison government as Minister for Resources and Water and also served as an assistant minister in the Turnbull government. He was an electrical engineer and businessman before entering politics.
Dugald Milton Dick is an Australian politician serving as the 32nd and current speaker of the Australian House of Representatives since 2022. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),he has been the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Oxley,covering Brisbane's south-western suburbs,since 2016. He previously served on the Brisbane City Council from 2008 to 2016 and as an ALP state secretary from 2004 to 2008.
David Kelly Littleproud is an Australian politician who has been the leader of the National Party since May 2022. He has represented the Queensland seat of Maranoa since the 2016 federal election and was a cabinet minister in the Turnbull and Morrison governments.
A leadership spill for the federal leadership of the National Party of Australia was held on 4 February 2020,and was called by the Member for Wide Bay,Llew O'Brien.
