Who is my local member of parliament?

Find your federal and state members by postcode

Everyone in Australia is represented in two parliaments at once: a federal MP in the House of Representatives, a group of senators for their state or territory, a state or territory MP, and in five states, members of a state upper house as well. Type your postcode above and we'll show all of them together, with the office address to write to.

Official tools only cover one parliament each. The AEC's electorate finder gives you your federal electorate, and each state electoral commission covers its own state. Our lookup draws on the member lists of all nine parliaments, currently 846 sitting members.

Names, roles and addresses on this page come from each parliament's official member lists. Data checked 20 October 2026.

Why one postcode can have more than one member

Postcodes were drawn up for delivering mail, and electorates are drawn up for elections. The two don't line up. A single postcode can sit across two or even three electorates, so our lookup shows every member whose electorate includes part of your postcode. If you see more than one name, check your street address on the AEC site (federal) or your state electoral commission (state) to confirm which one is yours.

What you'll see

• Your federal MP, who represents your electorate in the House of Representatives.
• Your senators: all the senators elected for your state or territory.
• Your state or territory MP, and upper-house members (MLCs) where your state has an upper house.
• An office address for each, formatted the way it should appear on the envelope, with the right greeting.

Federal, state and council: who does what?

Writing to the right level of government is one of the simplest ways to get a useful answer. A letter about a pothole on a council road sent to a federal MP will usually be passed on, which costs you weeks. Use this table as a rough guide.

Some areas are shared. Public hospitals, for example, are run by the states but partly funded by the Commonwealth. If you're unsure, start with your federal or state MP: their staff know the system and can point you to the right place.

Your federal MP (House of Representatives)

The House of Representatives has one member for each federal electorate. Your federal MP is your voice in the house that forms government, and their electorate office handles problems with federal departments and agencies every day.

Your senators (12 per state, 2 per territory)

Senators represent your whole state or territory rather than one electorate. Because the Senate reviews and votes on every federal bill, they're worth writing to about legislation. See who are my senators for the full, current list by state.

Your state or territory MP

Your state MP sits in your state's lower house (the Legislative Assembly or House of Assembly). NSW, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania also have an upper house, the Legislative Council, whose members (MLCs) represent a division, a region or the whole state. Queensland, the ACT and the Northern Territory have one house only. To look up the state level on its own, find your state MP.

Your local councillor

Better Letters doesn't list local councillors, because councils publish their own contact details and they change often. You can still write to your council or a councillor: find the address on your council's website, then use Send a letter to write, sign and post it to any Australian address.

Local members by state

Each state and territory parliament is set up a little differently. Here's a quick summary, with live member numbers.

• New South Wales: Legislative Assembly (93); Legislative Council (42). More on NSW members · Browse all 135
• Victoria: Legislative Assembly (87); Legislative Council (40). More on VIC members · Browse all 127
• Queensland: Legislative Assembly (93); no upper house. More on QLD members · Browse all 93
• Western Australia: Legislative Assembly (59); Legislative Council (37). More on WA members · Browse all 96
• South Australia: House of Assembly (47); Legislative Council (22). More on SA members · Browse all 69
• Tasmania: House of Assembly (35); Legislative Council (15). More on TAS members · Browse all 50
• Australian Capital Territory: Legislative Assembly (25); no upper house. More on ACT members · Browse all 25
• Northern Territory: Legislative Assembly (25); no upper house. More on NT members · Browse all 25

How to contact your local member

By letter

Local members' offices receive a steady stream of emails, form messages and online petitions. A printed, signed letter from a constituent, posted to the electorate office, stands out: someone has to open it, read it and log it. And because you live in the electorate, you're one of the people the member was elected to represent.

Keep it to one page and one issue, say that you live in the electorate, and finish with a clear request and your return address. Our guide on how to write to your local member walks through it step by step.

By email or phone

Where a parliament publishes an email address or phone number for a member, it's shown on that member's page on Better Letters. Phone calls are good for urgent casework, like a Centrelink payment that has stopped. Email is quick, but inboxes are busy, so put your suburb and the issue in the subject line.

Visiting the electorate office

Most electorate offices are open to the public on weekdays, but hours vary and many ask you to book ahead to meet the member. Call first, and bring any letters or reference numbers related to your issue. If your member's listed address is a PO Box, the office will give you its street address when you call.

What your local member can help with

A big part of an electorate office's work is "casework": helping individual constituents who are stuck with a government agency. Staff can make enquiries on your behalf, which often gets a stalled matter moving. They can't overturn a decision, give legal advice or make an agency break its rules, but they can make sure your case is looked at properly.

Your local member also wants to hear your views on bills, local projects and funding. Letters on the same issue are counted and passed on to the relevant minister, and a well-argued personal letter can shape what a member says in parliament.

Write to your local member now

Once you know who represents you, the hard part is done. Write your letter online, sign it on screen, and Better Letters prints it and posts it to the electorate office via Australia Post for $3.95. There's no account to create, and letters are encrypted and deleted 24 hours after posting. Prefer to post it yourself? Download the PDF free.

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