Libs to nominate Jeremy Hanson for Legislative Assembly speaker | The Canberra Times

“It is critical for the Speaker to be and be seen as independent from the day-to-day politics that takes place inside and outside the House chamber. A successful Speaker can advance the institutional interests of parliament and the functions it performs and elevate them above the particular interests of the government, the opposition or different factions of the day,” said the accompanying House standing orders. he says.