Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives

Speaker of the House of Representatives
The speaker's chair in the House of Representatives
Incumbent Milton Dick since 26 July 2022
Style	The Honourable (Diplomatic) Madam/Mister Speaker (within the House)
Appointer	Elected by the House of Representatives
Inaugural holder	Sir Frederick Holder, KCMG 9 May 1901
Formation	Constitution of Australia 9 July 1900

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the person in charge of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Parliament of Australia. The person in charge of the upper house is the President of the Senate.

The current speaker is Milton Dick. There have been three female speakers, Joan Child, Anna Burke and Bronwyn Bishop.

The office of speaker was created by section 35 of the Constitution of Australia. The role of speaker was copied from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Unlike the Speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is allowed to be a member of a political party (normally the party that forms government provides the Speaker). The current Speaker, Milton Dick, is a member of the Labor Party, the party that currently forms government.