Australia

House of RepresentativesSenate

House of Representatives

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Bicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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Data on women

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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
Milton Dick (Male)
Year of birth
1972
Additional information
Elected on 26 July 2022.
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Secretary general

Secretary General
Claressa Surtees (Female)
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Sworn in on 12 Aug. 2019.

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
93
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
58
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
38.41% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
51.84
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
29
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Youngest member
Stephen Bates (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
77
Oldest member
Bob Katter (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
35 See historical data for this field.
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
109 See historical data for this field.
Total per sex
Total of male
90 See historical data for this field.
Total of female
54 See historical data for this field.
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
3 See historical data for this field.
31-40
16 See historical data for this field.
41-45
16 See historical data for this field.
46-50
30 See historical data for this field.
51-60
60 See historical data for this field.
61-70
16 See historical data for this field.
71-80
3 See historical data for this field.
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 3 16 16 30 60 16 3 0 0
Total <= 45: 35 Total >= 46: 109
Male 0 3 11 9 17 38 9 3 0 0 90
Female 0 0 5 7 13 22 7 0 0 0 54
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger2.08%2.08%0%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger13.19%9.72%3.47%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger24.31%15.97%8.33%

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Notes
Voluntary political party quotas.
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Women's suffrage

First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1943
Notes
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1987