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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 ...
Non-local parties refers to parties in each state or territory that endorse candidates for local elections, but do not exclusively operate at a local level. This differs in each jurisdiction, with the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party of Australia only contesting in certain states. [2]
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 .
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]
Party Electorate State Term of office Leader of the House: Christian Porter Liberal: Pearce: WA 29 May 2019-30 March 2021 Peter Dutton: Liberal National: Dickson: Qld 30 March 2021-23 May 2022 Chief Whip: Bert van Manen: Liberal National: Forde: Qld 28 May 2019-23 May 2022 Deputy Speaker: Kevin Hogan: National: Page: NSW 26 March 2018-10 ...
25 January 2025 – current Deputy Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley: Farrer: NSW 30 May 2022 – current Chief Opposition Whip Bert van Manen: Forde: QLD 26 July 2022 – current Whip Melissa Price: Durack: WA 26 July 2022 – current Rowan Ramsey: Grey: SA 26 July 2022 – current
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It is organised into a national organisation as well as a branch in each state and territory, as follows: [3] Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) Australian Labor Party (Western Australian ...
At the 2022 Australian federal election, based on the 2021 apportionment, there were 151 divisions: 47 in New South Wales, 39 in Victoria, 30 in Queensland, 15 in Western Australia, 10 in South Australia, 5 in Tasmania, 3 in the ACT and 2 in Northern Territory.