Clerk of the Australian House of Representatives

The Clerk is a non-elected administrative officer under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.

The Department also undertakes activities to promote the work of the House in the community and is responsible for the conduct of the Parliament's international and regional relations.

[3] The Clerk of the Australian House of Representatives conducts the election for Speaker.

He collapsed while the House was speaking on a condolence motion for his predecessor Walter Gale, who had died in office a month earlier.

[5] George Henry Jenkins, the clerk of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, was seconded to the Federal Parliament for its first few months and acted as Clerk of the House during that time before the position was filled permanently.