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Queensland Liberal MP Andrew Wallace has been elected along party lines as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Queensland Liberal MP Andrew Wallace has been voted in as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mr Wallace defeated Labor's nominee MP Robert Mitchell 70 votes to 59. Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave a speech to the House,

The Speaker of the House has served his final day in Parliament but the legacy of Tony Smith’s quick-witted and dry humoured approach to wrangling Australia’s most boisterous politicians is unlikely to be forgotten soon.

Speaker of the House Tony Smith has announced his retirement from Parliament ahead of the next federal election bringing to an end 20 years as an MP.

The US House of Representatives has voted 216-209 to retain Democrat Nancy Pelosi as Speaker rather than install Republican Kevin McCarthy.

Pelosi has been in the role since January 2019, when Democrats elected her after regaining majority control of the House. She is the only woman to have ever served as House Speaker. Nancy Pelosi will begin another term as speaker of the House of Representatives.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has won a fourth non-consecutive term to lead the US House of Representatives, suffering a handful of defections in a narrow vote after her party lost seats but kept control of the chamber.