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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.
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 ...
The current Parliament is the 47th Australian Parliament. The most recent federal election was held on 21 May 2022 and the 47th Parliament first sat on 26 July. The outcome of the 2022 election saw the Labor Party return to government for the first time in nine years, winning 77 seats in the 151-seat House of Representatives (an increase of 9 ...
2022–current Elizabeth Watson-Brown (born 1956) Greens: Ryan: Qld: 2022–current Tim Watts (born 1982) Labor: Gellibrand: Vic: 2013–current Anne Webster (born 1959) National: Mallee: Vic: 2019–current Anika Wells (born 1985) Labor: Lilley: Qld: 2019–current Andrew Willcox (born 1969) Liberal National [b] Dawson: Qld: 2022–current ...
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.
Current members (by age; women) Former members ... This is a list of members of the House of Representatives of the 46th Parliament of Australia (2019–2022 ...
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]
A member of the House may be referred to as a "member of parliament" ("MP" or "member"), while a member of the Senate is usually referred to as a "senator". Under the conventions of the Westminster system , the government of the day and the prime minister must achieve and maintain the confidence of this House in order to gain and remain in power.