Current speaker for the house of representatives is Harry Jenkins Jr, Harry Jenkins Sr was the speaker from 1983 to 1986
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The speaker of Parliament in Australia is the Hon. Bronwyn Bishop. The speaker of the Parliament in the U. K. is the Hon. John Bercow.
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The Speaker of the house of representatives of the Australian Federal government is Harry Jenkins, Jr. He was elected on 12 February 2008, after Labor won Government in 2007. He is the first Speaker whose parent was also a Speaker (his father Harry Jenkins, Sr. served as Speaker from 1983 to 1986).
The current one, Nancy Pelosi.
This is the Speaker of the House. In 2010, it is the Hon Dr Harry Jenkins.
You could be thinking about the Leader of the House or the Prime Minister.
In most westminster systems of government (UK, Canada, Australia, etc.), the government side is on the right of the Speaker, and the opposition parties sit on the Speaker's left. If the government has a huge majority, sometimes some of its members will spill over onto the left side of the House.
The UK parliament cannot legally meet if the mace is not present. It represents the authority of the sovereign.In Australia the mace similarly represents the authority of the Queen and of the chamber in which it is present.
A simple majority is needed, in the event of a tie the speaker will vote to break the deadlock.
I'm assuming that you got this from Glenn Beck. He is the most ignorant man by far, and if people take the time out to research half the things he says the are not true. and he NEVER uses evidence to back up anything he says. To answer your question, no speaker of parliament from Australia came to the US for prostate cancer surgery.