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In terms of representation, Indigenous members will account for 9.6 per cent of the 76 Senate seats, and 1.9 per cent of 151 House of Representatives seats. [53] Despite these advancements, Parliament does not fully mirror the Australian population. Women, who hold a slight majority in the general population, are still underrepresented in ...
The 2022 election saw the incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government defeated, with the opposition Albanese-led Labor Party gaining 77 seats in the 151 seat House of Representatives, for a two-seat majority government, while the Coalition lost 18 seats to finish with 58 seats, their worst result since 1946 (the first election after the ...
The voting population of each Australian electoral division, as of the 2022 federal election. Electorates (also known as electoral divisions or seats) of the Australian House of Representatives are single member electoral districts for the lower house of the Parliament of the Commonwealth. There are currently 151 electorates.
The Australian Labor Party achieved a majority government for the first time since 2007, winning 77 seats in the House of Representatives. Albanese was sworn in as Prime Minister on 23 May 2022, becoming the fourth Labor leader to win government from opposition since World War II , after Gough Whitlam in 1972 , Bob Hawke in 1983 , and Kevin ...
Lower house: All 151 seats in the Australian House of Representatives (every 3 years) 21 May 2022: 24 May 2025: Upper house: 40 (of the 76) seats in the Australian Senate (every 3 years) 28 September 2025 New South Wales: New South Wales Electoral Commission (2006) Lower house: All 93 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (every 4 ...
The 47th Parliament of Australia is a meeting of the Parliament of Australia.New members were elected in the May 2022 election and were sworn in on 26 July 2022. [1] There are eight new senators (1 Independent, 1, Liberal, 1 National, 1 Country Liberal, 1 Jacqui Lambie Network, 1 Labor, 2 Greens) and 35 new representatives (1 National, 3 Greens, 3 Liberal National, 4 Liberal, 7 Independent, 17 ...
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The Parliament of Australia (officially the Parliament of the Commonwealth [4] and also known as the Federal Parliament) is the federal legislature of Australia.It consists of three elements: the monarch of Australia (represented by the governor-general), the Senate (the upper house), and the House of Representatives (the lower house). [4]