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47th Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms
26 July 2022 – present
Members76 senators
151 representatives
Senate LeaderPenny Wong, Labor
(from 23 May 2022)
Senate PresidentSue Lines, Labor
(from 26 July 2022)
House LeaderTony Burke, Labor
(from 1 June 2022)
House SpeakerMilton Dick, Labor
(from 26 July 2022)
Sessions
1st: 26 July 2022 – present
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The 47th Parliament of Australia is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the Australian federal government, composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives. The 2022 federal election gave the Australian Labor Party control of the House; Labor won 77 seats in the lower house and holds a two-seat majority government.[1] Labor leader Anthony Albanese became the 31st Prime Minister of Australia, and was sworn in by the Governor-General David Hurley on 23 May 2022.[2] The 47th Parliament opened in Canberra on 26 July 2022.[3]

Major events and legislation

Further information: 2022 in Australia
  • The Climate Change Act 2022 passed the parliament on 8 September 2022, having been approved by the House by 86 votes to 50 and the Senate by 37 votes to 30. The legislation codifies a 43 per cent emissions reduction target by 2030 (on 2005 levels), requires the Climate Change Authority to provide advice on Australia’s progress against those targets, mandates that the Minister for Climate Change reports annually to Parliament on Australia's progress, and forces federal government agencies to adhere to the legislative requirements of the Act.[4][5][6]
  • The Social Security Amendment Act 2022 passed the parliament on 28 September 2022, having passed the House by 86 votes to 56 and the Senate by 33 votes to 26.[7][8] The legislation repealed the mandatory Cashless Welfare Card, originally introduced as a trial in 2016 for 12,500 people across four trial sites, which quarantined around 80% of a person's income so it could not be spent on alcohol or gambling or withdrawn in cash. As a result of the legislative change, participants could opt out of the scheme, though around 4,300 people in the Northern Territory and Cape York remained on the card prior to the introduction of a compulsory income-management scheme in 2023.[9]
  • The Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Act 2022 passed the parliament on 28 November 2022. The legislation implemented seven of the recommendations of the Kate Jenkins-authored Respect@Work report into sexual harassment. Among other reforms, the laws impose a positive onus on employers to take steps to demonstrate that they're proactively attempting to eliminate sex discrimination "as far as possible". In addition, victimising conduct can be the basis of a civil, not just criminal, complaint, and public sector agencies are newly required to report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as occurs with private sector agencies.[10]

Leadership

Senate

Senate President
Sue Lines
Sue Lines (ALP)

Presiding officer

Government leadership

Opposition leadership

House of Representatives

House Speaker
Milton Dick (ALP)

Presiding officer

Government leadership

Opposition leadership

Party summary

House of Representatives

House membership (from 26 July 2022)
     4 Australian Greens
     Katter's Australian Party 1      

     77 Australian Labor Party
     National Party of Australia 10      

     Liberal National Party 21      

     Liberal Party of Australia 27      
     10 Independent
     1 Centre Alliance
Affiliation Party
(shading shows control)
 Total
AG ALP IND CA LP NATS KAP UAP
End of previous Parliament 1 68 4 1 60 15 1 1 151
Begin (26 July 2022) 4 77 10 1 43 15 1 0 151
Latest voting share 2.65% 50.99% 6.62% 0.66% 38.41% 0.66% 0%

Senate

Senate membership (from 26 July 2022)
     12 Australian Greens
     Pauline Hanson's One Nation 2      

     26 Australian Labor Party
     United Australia Party 1      

     Country Liberal Party 1      


     Liberal/National joint ticket 11      

     Liberal Party of Australia 15      
     1 Independent
     2 Jacqui Lambie Network
Affiliation Party
(shading shows control)
 Total
AG ALP IND CA REX JLN LP NATS LDP PHON UAP
End of previous Parliament 9 26 0 1 1 1 31 4 1 2 0 76
Begin (26 July 2022) 12 26 1 0 0 2 26 6 0 2 1 76
Latest voting share 15.79% 34.21% 1.32% 0% 0% 2.63% 42.11% 0% 2.63% 1.32%

Demographics

The 47th Parliament of Australia has a historically high representation of women; women make up 38% of the House of Representatives and 57% of the Senate, the highest on record for both chambers.[11] In terms of representation, Indigenous members will account for 9.6 per cent of the 76 Senate seats, and 1.2 per cent of 151 House of Representatives seats.[12]

Senate

The Senate included 33 men and 43 women, the most women to date.

House of Representatives

There are 58 women in the House, the largest number in history.[13] Three current members are LGBTQ+ — Stephen Bates,[14] Angie Bell[15] and Julian Hill.[16] Four members; Mark Dreyfus, Josh Burns,[17] Mike Freelander and Julian Leeser identified as Jewish. Labor members — Ed Husic and Anne Aly — became the first two Muslim federal ministers.[18]

Membership

For new members, see List of new members of the 47th Parliament of Australia.

Senate

Further information: Members of the Australian Senate, 2022–2025

40 of the 76 seats in the upper house were contested in the election in May 2022. The class of senators elected in 2022 are denoted with an asterisk (*).

House of Representatives

Further information: Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2022–2025

All 151 seats in the lower house were contested in the election in May 2022.

Changes in membership

Senate

As of 6 September there have been no changes of membership in the senate

House of Representatives

As of 6 September there have been no changes of membership in the house.

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ Jake Evans (31 May 2022). "ABC projects Labor will score a 77th seat and evade deals with independents to find a speaker". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. ^ Brett Worthington (23 May 2022). "Anthony Albanese and four senior frontbenchers sworn in ahead of Quad trip". ABC News.
  3. ^ Andrew Brown (26 July 2022). "MPs sworn in as 47th parliament opened". The Canberra Times.
  4. ^ Asha Barbaschow (9 September 2022). "Your 4-Minute Briefing on the Australian Government's Climate Change Bill". Gizmodo AU.
  5. ^ Adam Morton (8 September 2022). "Australian parliament passes first climate change legislation in a decade". Guardian Australia.
  6. ^ Emily Bennett & Daniel Jeffrey (8 September 2022). "Federal government's historic climate change bill passes parliament to legislate emissions reduction target". 9 News.
  7. ^ "Hansard - Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - Third Reading - Division". aph.gov.au. 3 August 2022.
  8. ^ "SENATE - Hansard". Record of Proceedings (Hansard). Australia: Australian Senate. 27 September 2022. p. 124-125.
  9. ^ Tom Lowrey (28 September 2022). "Cashless debit card to be abolished, but a new income-management system will take its place for some". ABC News.
  10. ^ Georgia Hitch (28 November 2022). "Laws to implement Respect@Work recommendations have passed parliament. What are they?". ABC News.
  11. ^ "A diverse cabinet that better reflects our nation". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  12. ^ Zaunmayr, Tom (22 May 2022). "FULL LIST: Record number of Indigenous MPs voted in to serve the Australian people". National Indigenous Times. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  13. ^ "After a 'watershed year', Australia is on track for its highest number of women in parliament". SBS News. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  14. ^ Bowman, Jan (19 May 2022). "Could the LGBTQI vote make a difference in Brisbane?". Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  15. ^ "LNP candidate hoping to make Queensland history in 2019 federal election". ABC News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  16. ^ Reynolds, Andrew (2019). The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-046095-2.
  17. ^ Kohn, Peter. "Macnamara's first MP". www.australianjewishnews.com. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Australia's first two Muslim federal ministers say symbolism matters, but their responsibility is to deliver". SBS News. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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