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==Composition==  

==Composition==  

Unlike the Australian Senate the House of Representatives does not use proportional representation but instead [[preferential voting]] for 150 electorates or seats. To make it more fair the 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 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 coalition) and 3 independents. The party (or coalition of parties) that holds the majority of MPs in the House of Representatives forms the Federal Government. Since December 2007 this has been the ALP, with a majority of 16 seats.

Unlike the Australian Senate the House of Representatives does not use proportional representation but instead [[preferential voting]] for 150 electorates or seats. To make it more fair the 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 have the same amount of electors. There are 72 members from the [[Australian Labor Party]], 72 from the [[Liberal Party]] and [[National Party]] coalition, 1 Western Australian National Party member(they are seperate from the Liberals), 1 [[Australian Greens|Green]] and 4 [[independents]]. The party (or coalition of parties) that holds the majority of MPs in the House of Representatives forms the Federal Government. At the moment, no party holds a majority, but the Labor party, combined with the Greens and 3 of the independents have formed a minority government.

==Re-election and terms==  

==Re-election and terms==