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Composition (current)
Government (26)
Labor (26)
Opposition (31)
Coalition
Liberal (25)[lower-alpha 1]
National (6)[lower-alpha 2]
Crossbench (19)
Greens (11)
One Nation (2)
Lambie Network (2)
United Australia (1)
Independent (3)[lower-alpha 3]
- ↑ Including three Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators who sit in the Liberals party room.
- ↑ Including two Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators and one Country Liberal Party senator who sit in the Nationals party room.
- ↑ David Pocock, Lidia Thorpe and David Van
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2022 Australian federal election held on 21 May 2022.[1] Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states begin on 1 July 2022. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of the election, 21 May 2022.[2]
Notes
- ↑ The terms of senators from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory end on the next dissolution of the House of Representatives.
- 1 2 3 Jim Molan died on 16 January 2023. Maria Kovacic was appointed to fill the vacancy on 31 May 2023.
- 1 2 Lidia Thorpe was a member of the Greens until she resigned from the Greens on 6 February 2023 to sit as an Independent.
- 1 2 David Van was expelled from the Liberal Party party room on 15 June 2023 before resigning from the party on 17 June 2023 to sit as an Independent.
- 1 2 3 Marise Payne resigned on 30 September 2023. Former MP Dave Sharma was appointed to fill the vacancy on 30 November 2023.
- ↑ The changes to the composition of the Senate, in chronological order, were Molan died,[lower-alpha 2] Thorpe resigned from the Greens,[lower-alpha 3] Van resigned from the Liberal Party,[lower-alpha 4] Payne resigned.[lower-alpha 5]
- 1 2 Member of the LNP who sits with the National Party.
- 1 2 3 Member of the LNP who sits with the Liberal Party.
- ↑ Member of the CLP who sits with the National party.
References
- ↑ "Senate Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ↑ Odgers' Australian Senate Practice. Parliament of Australia.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 6]
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