The '''Australian House of Representatives''' often called the "'''House of Reps'''" is one of the houses in the [[lower house]] Parliament of Australia along with the [[Australia]]n [[Federal]] [[Parliament]], located in [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital TerritorySenate]]. It has 150 is very similar to the [[Member United States House of Parliament|MembersRepresentatives]], known as MPs, each of whom in the sense that it is the single representative of a constituency. Currently, 83 lower house and has more MPs are (members of parliament) that the Senate. Just like the [[Australian Labor Party]] (ALP), and 64 are members of either Senate it is located in the Nations capital [[Liberal Party of Australia|LiberalCanberra]] or the [[National Party of Australia|National]] Parties, which form a coalition. Three MPs are independent.
The ==Voting on bills== Bills are generally introduced by the Government into the House and this is followed by debating the bill and then having a vote on it. As one party (or coalition of partiesa Coalition) that holds the has to hold an absolute majority of MPs in the House of Representatives forms the Federal [[Government]]. Since December 2007 this has been the ALP, with house to form government a majority of 16 seatsbill can easily be passed by the government as long as most members vote for it.
Members of ==Composition== Unlike the government are drawn from either Australian Senate the House of Representatives or the does not use proportional representation but instead [[Australian Senatepreferential voting]]for 150 electorates or seats. However To make it is usual for more fair the [[Prime Minister]] electorates are all roughly the same size in population (90,000) although some electorates are slightly lower or slightly higher and some rural electorates are very large to be have the same amount of electors. There are 83 members from the Australian Labor Party, 55 from the Liberal Party, 9 from the National Party (together they have 64 members as they form a member coalition) and 3 independents. The party (or coalition of parties) that holds the majority of MPs in the House of Representativesforms the Federal Government. Since December 2007 this has been the ALP, with a majority of 16 seats.
[[category:Australian Politics]]==Re-election and terms== Members of Parliament are re-elected at each federal election which is usually held every 3 years.
