Members of the Australian Senate, 2022–2025
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Composition (current)
Government (25)
- Labor (25)
Opposition (30)
Coalition
Crossbench (21)
- Greens (11)
- One Nation (2)
- Lambie Network (1)
- United Australia (1)
- Independent (6)[c]
- ^ Including two 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, Gerard Rennick, Tammy Tyrrell, Lidia Thorpe, Fatima Payman 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.
- ^ a b Jim Molan died on 16 January 2023. Maria Kovacic was appointed to fill the vacancy on 31 May 2023.
- ^ a b Lidia Thorpe was a member of the Greens until she resigned from the Greens on 6 February 2023 to sit as an Independent.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ The changes to the composition of the Senate, in chronological order, were Molan died,[b] Thorpe resigned from the Greens,[c] Van resigned from the Liberal Party.[d]
- ^ a b Member of the LNP who sits with the National Party.
- ^ a b c 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.[a][e]