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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Composition (30 June 2025)
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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), Jonathon 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[b] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 February 2023[c] | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 31 May 2023[b] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 June 2023[d] | 3 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| 30 September 2023[e] | 24 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 30 November 2023[e] | 25 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 26 January 2024[f] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 February 2024[f] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 29 February 2024[g] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 28 March 2024[h] | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 19 April 2024[i] | 10 | 74 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 May 2024[i] | 11 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 29 May 2024[g] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 July 2024[j] | 25 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 25 August 2024[k] | 6 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 10 September 2024[k] | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 9 October 2024[j] | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 28 January 2025[l] | 23 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 February 2025[l] | 24 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Latest voting share % | 14.47 | 32.89 | 5.26 | — | 1.32 | 39.47 | — | 2.63 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 1.32 | ||||
| After prorogation | |||||||||||||||
| 28 March 2025[m] | 11 | 24 | 4 | — | 1 | 24 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 1 | |
| 8 May 2025[n] | 25 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 27 May 2025[m] | 25 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 June 2025[o] | 10 | 26 | |||||||||||||
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
- The terms of senators from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory end on the next dissolution of the House of Representatives.
- Lidia Thorpe was a member of the Greens until she resigned from the party on 6 February 2023 to sit as an independent.[98][99]
- Marise Payne resigned on 30 September 2023.[69][70] Former MP Dave Sharma was appointed to fill the vacancy on 30 November 2023.[71][72][73]
- Pat Dodson resigned on 26 January 2024.[29][30] Varun Ghosh was appointed to fill the vacancy on 1 February 2024.[31][32][33]
- Linda White died on 29 February 2024.[116][117] Lisa Darmanin was appointed to fill the vacancy on 29 May 2024.[27][118][119]
- 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.[100][101]
- Janet Rice resigned on 19 April 2024.[83][84][85] Steph Hodgins-May was appointed to fill the vacancy on 1 May 2024.[45][86][87]
- Fatima Payman was a member of Labor until she resigned from the party on 4 July 2024 to sit as an independent.[66][67] Payman created a new party, Australia's Voice, on 9 October 2024.[66][68]
- Gerard Rennick was a member of the Liberal Party until he resigned from the party on 25 August 2024 to sit as an independent.[80][81] Rennick created a new party, the People First Party, on 10 September 2024.[80]
- Simon Birmingham resigned on 28 January 2025.[9][10][11]
Leah Blyth was appointed to fill the vacancy on 6 February 2025.[12][13][14] - Anne Urquhart resigned on 28 March 2025.[102][103][104] Josh Dolega was appointed to fill the vacancy on 27 May 2025.[34][105][106]
- Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is a member of the CLP who sat with the National Party until 8 May 2025 when she switched to the Liberal Party.[78][79]
- Dorinda Cox was a member of the Greens until she resigned from the party on 2 June 2025 and joined the Labor Party.[25][26]
- 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 replacement;[g] Payman resigned from Labor;[j] Rennick resigned from the Liberal Party and created the People First Party;[k] Payman created Australia's Voice;[j] Birmingham resigned;[l] Blyth was appointed as Birmingham's replacement;[l] Urquhart resigned;[m] Dolega was appointed as Urquhart's replacement;[m] Price switched Coalition party rooms[n]; Cox resigned from the Greens.[o]
- Member of the LNP who sits with the National Party.
- Member of the LNP who sits with the Liberal Party.