Members of the Australian Senate, 2022–2025
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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]
| Members of the Australian Senate, 2022–2025 | |
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2025–2028→ | |
Composition (current)
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Leadership
Presiding officers
| Office | Party | Officer | State | Since | |
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| President of the Senate | Labor | Sue Lines | WA | 26 July 2022 | |
| Deputy President and Chair of Committees | Liberal | Andrew McLachlan | SA | 26 July 2022 | |
Government leadership
- Leader of the Government: Penny Wong
- Deputy Leader of the Government: Don Farrell
- Chief Government Whip: Anne Urquhart
- Deputy Government Whips: Raff Ciccone & Louise Pratt
- Manager of Government Business: Katy Gallagher
Opposition leadership
- Leader of the Opposition: Simon Birmingham (until January 2025), Michaelia Cash (from January 2025)
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Michaelia Cash (until January 2025), Anne Ruston (from January 2025)
- Chief Opposition Whip: Wendy Askew
- Deputy Opposition Whips: Paul Scarr & Matt O'Sullivan
- Manager of Opposition Business: Anne Ruston (until January 2025), Jonathan Duniam (since January 2025)
List of senators
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Changes of composition
Party composition
Over the course of the 47th Parliament, changes in membership resulted in changes to party composition, which are summarised below.
| Affiliation | Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRN | ALP | IND | CA | REX | JLN | LPA | NPA | LDP | ON | UAP | PFP | AV | |||
| End of previous Parliament | 9 | 26 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 76 | 0 |
| Begin (26 July 2022) | 12 | 26 | 1 | — | 2 | 26 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 76 | 0 | |
| 16 January 2023[q] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 February 2023[r] | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 31 May 2023[q] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 June 2023[s] | 3 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| 30 September 2023[t] | 24 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 30 November 2023[t] | 25 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 26 January 2024[u] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 February 2024[u] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 29 February 2024[v] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 28 March 2024[w] | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 19 April 2024[x] | 10 | 74 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 May 2024[x] | 11 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 29 May 2024[v] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 July 2024[y] | 25 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 25 August 2024[z] | 6 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 5 December 2024[z] | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 17 December 2024[y] | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 28 January 2025[aa] | 23 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 February 2025[aa] | 24 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Latest voting share % | 14.47 | 32.89 | 5.26 | — | 1.32 | 39.47 | — | 2.63 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 1.32 | ||||
Membership changes
This table lists senators who have resigned, died, been elected or appointed, or otherwise changed their party affiliation during the 47th Parliament.
Notes
- Jim Molan died on 16 January 2023. Maria Kovacic was appointed to fill the vacancy on 31 May 2023.
- Lidia Thorpe was a member of the Greens until she resigned from the party on 6 February 2023 to sit as an independent.
- 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.
- Marise Payne resigned on 30 September 2023. Former MP Dave Sharma was appointed to fill the vacancy on 30 November 2023.
- Pat Dodson resigned on 26 January 2024. Varun Ghosh was appointed to fill the vacancy on 1 February 2024.
- Linda White died on 29 February 2024. Lisa Darmanin was appointed to fill the vacancy on 29 May 2024.
- Tammy Tyrrell was a member of the Jacqui Lambie Network until she resigned from the party on 28 March 2024 to sit as an independent.
- Janet Rice resigned on 19 April 2024. Steph Hodgins-May was appointed to fill the vacancy on 1 May 2024.
- Fatima Payman was a member of Labor until she resigned from the party on 4 July 2024 to sit as an independent.
- Gerard Rennick was a member of the Liberal Party until he resigned from the party on 25 August 2024 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] Kovacic was appointed as Molan's replacement;[b] Van resigned from the Liberal Party;[d] Payne resigned;[e] Sharma was appointed as Payne's replacement;[e] Dodson resigned;[f] Ghosh was appointed as Dodson's replacement;[f] White died;[g] Tyrrell resigned from the Jacqui Lambie Network;[h] Rice resigned;[i] Hodgins-May was appointed as Rice's replacement;[i] Darmanin was appointed as White's replacment;[g] Payman resigned from Labor;[j] Rennick resigned from the Liberal Party.[k]
- Simon Birmingham resigned on 28 January 2025. Leah Blyth was appointed to fill the vacancy on 6 February 2025.
- Jim Molan, Liberal senator for Victoria, died in office on 16 January 2023. His successor, Maria Kovacic, was appointed as his replacement on 31 May 2023.
- Lidia Thorpe, senator for Victoria, resigned from the Greens on 6 February 2023 to sit as an independent.
- David Van, senator for Victoria, resigned from the Liberal Party on 17 June 2023 to sit as an independent.
- Marise Payne, Liberal senator for New South Wales, resigned on 30 September 2023. Her successor, Dave Sharma, was appointed as her replacement on 30 November 2023.
- Pat Dodson, Labor senator for Western Australia, resigned on 26 January 2024. His successor, Varun Ghosh, was appointed as his replacement on 1 February 2024.
- Linda White, Labor senator for Victoria, died in office on 29 February 2024. Her successor, Lisa Darmanin, was appointed as her replacement on 29 May 2024.
- Tammy Tyrrell, senator for Tasmania, resigned from the Jacqui Lambie Network on 28 March 2024 to sit as an independent.
- Janet Rice, Greens senator for Victoria, resigned on 19 April 2024. Her successor, Steph Hodgins-May, was appointed as her replacement on 1 May 2024.
- Fatima Payman, senator for Western Australia, resigned from Labor on 4 July 2024 to sit as an independent. Payman created a new party, Australia's Voice, which was registered on 17 December 2024.
- Gerard Rennick, senator for Queensland, resigned from the Liberal Party on 25 August 2024 to sit as an independent. Rennick created a new party, the People First Party, which was registered on 5 December 2024.
- Simon Birmingham, Liberal senator for South Australia, resigned on 28 January 2025. His successor, Leah Blyth, was appointed as his replacement on 6 February 2025.
References
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