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The Australian Democrats, a minor party which frequently played mediating and negotiating roles in the Senate, expressed concern about a diminished role for the Senate's committees. [ 48 ] In addition to review of legislation, the Legislation Act 2003 provides that the Senate may also disallow legislative instruments – typically regulations ...
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]
The Commonwealth of Australia came into being on 1 January 1901 with the federation of the six Australian colonies. The inaugural election took place on 29 and 30 March and the first Australian Parliament was opened on 9 May 1901 in Melbourne by Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York, later King George V. [11]
The politics of Australia has a mild two-party system, with two dominant political groupings in the Australian political system, the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal/National Coalition. Federally, 17 of the 151 members of the lower house (Members of Parliament, or MPs) are not members of major parties, as well as 21 of the 76 members of ...
2013 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory Party Candidate Votes % ±% Quota: 82,248 Labor: 1. Kate Lundy (elected 1) 2. Chris Sant 84,974 34.44 −6.40 Liberal: 1. Zed Seselja (elected 2) 2. Merinda Nash 81,613 33.08 −0.27 Greens: 1. Simon Sheikh 2. Indra Esguerra 47,553 19.27 −3.65 Sex Party: 1. Deborah Avery 2 ...
The 2022 Australian Senate election was held on 21 May 2022 to elect 40 of the 76 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 2022 federal election. Senators elected at this election took office on 1 July 2022, with the exception of the Senators elected from two territories whose terms commenced from election day.
The 47th Parliament of Australia is the current meeting of the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Australia, composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives. The May 2022 federal election gave the Australian Labor Party control of the House, with 77 seats, enough for a two-seat majority government.
2010 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia Party Candidate Votes % ±% Quota: 176,318 Liberal: 1. Mathias Cormann (elected 1) 2. Chris Back (elected 3) 3. Judith Adams (elected 5) 4. Jane Mouritz 5. Jonathan Huston 530,583 42.99 −3.23 Labor: 1. Chris Evans (elected 2) 2. Glenn Sterle (elected 4) 3. Wendy Perdon 4. Peter ...