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Contents 1 New colours 1.1 Key 1.2 House of Reps 1.3 Senate 2 Old colours 2.1 House of Reps 2.1.1 Table 1 2.1.2 Table 2 2.1.2.1 Table 2.1 2.1.3 Table 3 2.2 Senate 2.2.1 Table 1 3 Representative 4 Main Committee unique?

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	#0000ff	Liberal
	#3cb371	National
	#f5f5f5	Independent
	#ffd700	Democrat
	#adff2f	Green
	#ff69b4	Family First
	#daa520	One Nation

[edit] House of Reps

Australian House of Representatives, 2004-2007

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[edit] Senate

Australian Senate, 2005-2008

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Australian Senate, 2002-2005

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[edit] House of Reps

[edit] Table 1

Australian House of Representatives, 2004-2007 ↓

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[edit] Table 2

Australian House of Representatives, 2004-2007 ↓

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Australian House of Representatives, 2004-2007

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[edit] Table 3

Australian House of Representatives, 2004-2007 ↓

[edit] Senate

[edit] Table 1

Australian Senate, 2005-2008

Australian Senate, 2002-2005

[edit] Representative

Just out of curiousity why aren't members of the Australian House of Representatives referred to as Representative just like their US counterparts. For example why isn't John Howard referred to as Representative John Howard.--The Shadow Treasurer 02:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Please don't top post; the correct talk page etiquette on Wikipedia is start new sections beneath existing ones, in chronological sequence. A probable answer to your question is that we already have a perfectly suitable reference for our parliamentarians, namely MP – inherited from the Westminster system on which the House was modelled.--cj | talk 02:50, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry if the top post was annoying--The Shadow Treasurer 04:12, 4 February 2007 (UTC).--

[edit] Main Committee unique?

I've deleted the reference to the Main Committee being a 'unique development in the Australian House', as I believe that the British House of Commons now uses Westminster Hall in a fairly similar fashion (that is, as a committee of the whole which meets in a separate location at the same time as the main house). I can't find a full description of how Westminster Hall works on the UK Parliament site, but the basics are confirmed here. I'd like to have more details on the link between the Main Committee and the establishment of Westminster Hall before changing the section regarding that. -Nasica (talk) 08:03, 31 December 2007 (UTC)