Members of the Australian Senate, 2016–2019
Coalition
Liberal (21)
LNP (5)
National (3)
CLP (1)
Opposition (26)
Labor (26)
Crossbench (20)
Greens (9)
One Nation (4)
Xenophon Team (3)
Family First (1)
Liberal Democrat (1)
Lambie (1)
Hinch (1)
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate as at 1 July 2016. All 76 senators were elected at the 2016 double dissolution election on 2 July 2016. Due to the election being a double dissolution, and not an ordinary half-senate election, the terms of half of the senators representing each of the six states of Australia are allocated six-year terms ending on 30 June 2022 with the remainder allocated three-year terms ending on 30 June 2019. The terms of senators from the States can only be truncated if another double dissolution election is called. The terms of senators from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory end on the next dissolution of the House of Representatives.
The senate resolved that the first elected six of twelve Senators in each state would serve a six-year term, while the last six elected in each state would serve a three-year term. This decision followed an agreement between Liberal's Mathias Cormann and Labor's Penny Wong to choose the method that benefited their parties at the expense of Lee Rhiannon and Derryn Hinch both being allocated short terms. The alternate method of allocating long and short terms would have given them long terms instead of Labor's Deborah O'Neill and Liberal's Scott Ryan[1][2][3][4][5]
Notes
- a ^ Nigel Scullion, Senator for the Northern Territory, sits as the sole representative of the Country Liberal Party, the local equivalent of both the National and Liberal parties. He sits in the National party room and serves as the National Party leader in the Senate.
- b ^ These members of the Liberal National Party (Queensland) sit in the Liberal party room.
- c ^ These members of the Liberal National Party (Queensland) sit in the National party room.
- d ^ The terms of senators from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory end on the next dissolution of the House of Representatives.
- e ^ Victorian Labor Senator Stephen Conroy resigned on 30 September 2016. Kimberley Kitching was appointed as his replacement on 25 October 2016.
- f ^ South Australian Family First Senator Bob Day resigned on 1 November 2016.
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References
- ^ Senate terms: Derryn Hinch and Greens' Lee Rhiannon given three years - The Guardian 12 August 2016
- ^ ALP-LNP deal to force senators back to poll in three years: The Australian 13 August 2016
- ^ Coalition and Labor team up to clear out crossbench senators in 2019: SMH 12 August 2016
- ^ Coalition flags first elected Senate plan: Sky News 12 August 2016
- ^ Cormann raises ‘first elected’ plan to halve Senate terms for crossbenchers: The Australian 12 December 2016