The '''Australian House of Representatives''' is the [[lower house]] of the [[Australia|Australian]] [[Federal]] [[Parliament]], located in [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]. It has 150 [[Member of Parliament|Members]], known as MPs, each of whom is the single representative of a constituency. Currently, 83 MPs are members of the [[Australian Labor Party]] (ALP), and 64 are members of either the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] or the [[National Partyof Australia|National]]Parties, which form a coalition. Three MPs are independent.
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.
Members of the government are drawn from both the House of Representatives or the [[Australian Senate]]. However it is usual for the [[Prime Minister]] to be a member of the House of Representatives.