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Milton Dick’s journey to be elected Speaker in the new federal parliament almost came unstuck by a 2018 Muppet stunt.

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Tony Smith, in one of his last addresses, has called on politicians to unite in supporting ongoing funding for the National Archives.

Liberal MP Tony Smith is to take a post-politics job as chief executive of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue.

Watch Andrew Wallace become the 31st Speaker of the House of Representatives, replacing Tony Smith who is retiring at the next election.

A former barrister and carpenter, Andrew Wallace is chasing the chance to be Australia’s 31st Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The 30th Speaker leaves the role after more than six years and will sit on the backbench ahead of his retirement at the next election.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Tony Smith will step down from his role on November 22 to move to the backbench before the next election.

Trust in government, meanwhile, is taking a battering - and Christian Porter’s Liberal colleagues know it.

When Tony Smith leaves the Speaker’s chair there will be a huge responsibility on future prime ministers to find someone to match him.

All Victorian federal MPs and senators will be forced into 14 days of self-quarantine from Saturday if they want to attend Parliament.