Federal Parliament
and MPs
Australia's federal Parliament has two Houses - the
House of Representatives and the Senate . The House of Representatives has a
total of 150 Members. Every voter has one MP in the House of
Representatives. The Senate has 76 Members - 12 for each State and 2 for
each of the Territories. Each voter is represented by ALL the Senators in their
State or Territory.
As at the 2007 federal election held on 24 November 2007,
the Australian Labor Party won the election and Kevin Rudd is the Prime
Minister.
House of Representatives:
The House of
Representatives has 150 Members.:
83 Labor (ALP), 55 Liberal
Party, 10 National Party members and 2 Independents.
Click here
for Party
list of MHRs.
Senate: The Senate has a total of 76
Members.
The new Senate will take effect on 1 July, 2008.
The
Senate up to the end of June 2008:
Australian Greens 4; Australian
Democrats 4; ALP 28; Family First 1; Liberal Party 34; National Party
4; Country Liberal Party 1.
From 1 July 2008: Australian
Greens 5; ALP 32; Family First 1; Independent 1;
Liberal Party 32; National Party/CLP 5.
This page gives a link to a summary of Parliament information,
the Australian Parliament web site, contact details for the Prime
Minister and links to obtain details of Members of the House of
Representatives and the Senate
.
Read the article The Australian Parliament
(attached below) for an overview of how the federal
parliament works (printed in August 2001 Journal).
Get the FREE book Electoral Pocket Book and the federal electoral Boundaries Map from the Australian
Electoral Commission by phoning 13 2326 and asking for a copy!
It provides lots of
information about Australia's electoral system.
Australian Parliament web
site
Summary of key information on
the parliament:
From the Parliamentary Library website -
click here.
The Prime Minister
Contact the Prime Minister
The Prime Minister's home
page - you can send him an email from his home
page.
Federal
Cabinet
For
list of Cabinet Ministers and portfolios (and other Ministers) click
here.
For email addresses/contact details, see the document below.
