1- The Parliament and the role of the House
2- House, Government and Opposition
3- Elections and the electoral system
4- Parliament House and access to proceedings
5- Members
6- The Speaker, Deputy Speakers and officers
7- The Parliamentary Calendar
8- Order of business and the sitting day
9- Motions
10- Legislation
11- Financial legislation
12- Senate amendments and requests
- Procedure following Senate consideration
- Senate bills amended by House
13- Disagreements between the Houses
14- Control and conduct of debate
15- Questions
16- Non-government business
17- Documents
18- Parliamentary committees
19- Parliamentary privilege
Appendices

House of Representatives Practice, 6th edition – HTML version

6 - The Speaker, Deputy Speakers and officers

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Contents

The Office of Speaker

Election of Speaker

Powers, functions and duties

Absence of Speaker and vacancy in office

The Speaker’s vote

Sources of procedural authority

Speaker’s rulings

Criticism of Speaker’s actions and conduct

Deputy Speaker

Second Deputy Speaker

Speaker’s panel

Staff of the House and administration