Oh no, don’t make me sit in the big chair with the nice office and the ability to walk away from all things political! Nooooooooo

Mike Bowers captured Milton Dick’s pretend reluctance to sit as speaker (for those who missed the earlier post, the tradition of dragging the speaker to the chair is a throw back to when people literally had to be dragged to the position in the House of Commons, because monarchs liked to kill the messenger back in the day. Sooooooo charming)

Milton Dick is assisted to the chair by the member for Riverina Michael McCormack and the member for Lalor Jonne Ryan after being elected un-opposed as speaker of the House of Representatives as it sits for the first time in the 48th Parliament this morning in Canberra. Tuesday 22nd July 2025. (Mike Bowers)