Members of the Australian Senate, 2022–2025

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>  Labor (25)

>  Opposition (30)
>  Coalition
>  Liberal (24)[a]
>  National (6)[b]

>  Crossbench (21)
>  Greens (11)
>  One Nation (2)
>  Lambie Network (1)
>  United Australia (1)
>  Independent (6)[c]

>   1. ^ Including two Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators who sit in the Liberals party room.
>   2. ^ Including two Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators and one Country Liberal Party senator who sit in the Nationals party room.
>   3. ^ David Pocock, Gerard Rennick, Tammy Tyrrell, Lidia Thorpe, Fatima Payman and David Van

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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]

## Leadership

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### Presiding officers

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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

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* 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

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* Leader of the Opposition: Simon Birmingham
* Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Michaelia Cash
* Chief Opposition Whip: Wendy Askew
* Deputy Opposition Whips: Paul Scarr & Matt O'Sullivan
* Manager of Opposition Business: Anne Ruston

## List of senators

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Senator  | Party  | State/Territory  | End term  | Years in office

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| Penny Allman-Payne
(born 1970) |  | Greens | Queensland | 2028  | 2022–present
| Alex Antic
(born 1974) |  | Liberal | South Australia | 2025  | 2019–present
| Wendy Askew
(born 1963) |  | Liberal | Tasmania | 2028  | 2019–present
| Tim Ayres
(born 1973) |  | Labor | New South Wales | 2025  | 2019–present
| Ralph Babet
(born 1983) |  | United Australia | Victoria | 2028  | 2022–present
| Catryna Bilyk
(born 1959) |  | Labor | Tasmania | 2025  | 2008–present
| Simon Birmingham
(born 1974) |  | Liberal | South Australia | 2028  | 2007–present
| Andrew Bragg
(born 1984) |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2025  | 2019–present
| Slade Brockman
(born 1970) |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2025  | 2017–present
| Carol Brown
(born 1963) |  | Labor | Tasmania | 2025  | 2005–present
| Ross Cadell
(born 1969) |  | National | New South Wales | 2028  | 2022–present
| Matt Canavan
(born 1980) |  | Liberal National [m] | Queensland | 2028  | 2014–present
| Michaelia Cash
(born 1970) |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2028  | 2008–present
| Claire Chandler
(born 1990) |  | Liberal | Tasmania | 2025  | 2019–present
| Anthony Chisholm
(born 1978) |  | Labor | Queensland | 2028  | 2016–present
| Raff Ciccone
(born 1983) |  | Labor | Victoria | 2025  | 2019–present
| Richard Colbeck
(born 1958) |  | Liberal | Tasmania | 2025  | 2002–2016, 2018–present
| Dorinda Cox
(born 1976) |  | Greens | Western Australia | 2028  | 2021–present
| Lisa Darmanin [g] |  | Labor | Victoria | 2028  | 2024–present
| Perin Davey
(born 1972) |  | National | New South Wales | 2025  | 2019–present
| Pat Dodson [f]
(born 1948) |  | Labor | Western Australia | 2025  | 2016–2024
| Jonathon Duniam
(born 1982) |  | Liberal | Tasmania | 2028  | 2016–present
| Don Farrell
(born 1954) |  | Labor | South Australia | 2028  | 2008–2014, 2016–present
| Mehreen Faruqi
(born 1963) |  | Greens | New South Wales | 2025  | 2018–present
| David Fawcett
(born 1963) |  | Liberal | South Australia | 2025  | 2011–present
| Katy Gallagher
(born 1970) |  | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | 2025  | 2015–2018, 2019–present
| Varun Ghosh [f]
(born 1985) |  | Labor | Western Australia | 2025  | 2024–present
| Nita Green
(born 1983) |  | Labor | Queensland | 2025  | 2019–present
| Karen Grogan
(born ?) |  | Labor | South Australia | 2025  | 2021–present
| Pauline Hanson
(born 1954) |  | One Nation | Queensland | 2028  | 2016–present
| Sarah Hanson-Young
(born 1981) |  | Greens | South Australia | 2025  | 2008–present
| Sarah Henderson
(born 1964) |  | Liberal | Victoria | 2028  | 2019–present
| Steph Hodgins-May [i] |  | Greens | Victoria | 2025  | 2024–present
| Hollie Hughes
(born 1975) |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2025  | 2019–present
| Jane Hume
(born 1971) |  | Liberal | Victoria | 2025  | 2016–present
| Maria Kovacic [b]
(born 1970) |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2028  | 2023–present
| Jacqui Lambie
(born 1971) |  | Lambie | Tasmania | 2025  | 2014–2017, 2019–present
| Kerrynne Liddle
(born 1967) |  | Liberal | South Australia | 2028  | 2022–present
| Sue Lines
(born 1953) |  | Labor | Western Australia | 2028  | 2013–present
| Jenny McAllister
(born 1973) |  | Labor | New South Wales | 2028  | 2015–present
| Malarndirri McCarthy
(born 1970) |  | Labor | Northern Territory | 2025  | 2016–present
| Susan McDonald
(born 1970) |  | Liberal National [m] | Queensland | 2025  | 2019–present
| James McGrath
(born 1974) |  | Liberal National [n] | Queensland | 2028  | 2014–present
| Bridget McKenzie
(born 1969) |  | National | Victoria | 2028  | 2011–present
| Nick McKim
(born 1965) |  | Greens | Tasmania | 2025  | 2015–present
| Andrew McLachlan
(born 1966) |  | Liberal | South Australia | 2028  | 2020–present
| Jim Molan [b]
(1950–2023) |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2028  | 2017–2019, 2019–2023
| Deborah O'Neill
(born 1961) |  | Labor | New South Wales | 2028  | 2013–present
| Matt O'Sullivan
(born 1978) |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2025  | 2019–present
| James Paterson
(born 1987) |  | Liberal | Victoria | 2025  | 2016–present
| Fatima Payman
(born 1995) |  | Labor / Independent[j] |  | Western Australia | 2028  | 2022–present
| Marise Payne [e]
(born 1964) |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2028  | 1997–2023
| Barbara Pocock
(born 1955) |  | Greens | South Australia | 2028  | 2022–present
| David Pocock
(born 1988) |  | Independent | Australian Capital Territory | 2025  | 2022–present
| Helen Polley
(born 1957) |  | Labor | Tasmania | 2028  | 2005–present
| Louise Pratt
(born 1972) |  | Labor | Western Australia | 2025  | 2008–2014, 2016–present
| Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
(born 1981) |  | Country Liberal [o] | Northern Territory | 2025  | 2022–present
| Gerard Rennick
(born 1970) |  | Liberal National[n] / Independent[k] |  | Queensland | 2025  | 2019–present
| Linda Reynolds CSC
(born 1965) |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2025  | 2014–present
| Janet Rice [i]
(born 1960) |  | Greens | Victoria | 2025  | 2014–2024
| Malcolm Roberts
(born 1955) |  | One Nation | Queensland | 2025  | 2016–2017, 2019–present
| Anne Ruston
(born 1963) |  | Liberal | South Australia | 2025  | 2012–present
| Paul Scarr
(born 1969) |  | Liberal National [n] | Queensland | 2025  | 2019–present
| Dave Sharma [e]
(born 1975) |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2028  | 2023–present
| Tony Sheldon
(born 1961) |  | Labor | New South Wales | 2025  | 2019–present
| David Shoebridge
(born 1971) |  | Greens | New South Wales | 2028  | 2022–present
| Dean Smith
(born 1969) |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2028  | 2012–present
| Marielle Smith
(born 1986) |  | Labor | South Australia | 2025  | 2019–present
| Jordon Steele-John
(born 1994) |  | Greens | Western Australia | 2025  | 2017–present
| Glenn Sterle
(born 1960) |  | Labor | Western Australia | 2028  | 2005–present
| Jana Stewart
(born 1987) |  | Labor | Victoria | 2028  | 2022–present
| Lidia Thorpe
(born 1973) |  | Greens / Independent[c] |  | Victoria | 2028  | 2020–present
| Tammy Tyrrell
(born 1970) |  | Lambie /

Independent [h]

|  | Tasmania | 2028  | 2022–present
| Anne Urquhart
(born 1957) |  | Labor | Tasmania | 2028  | 2011–present
| David Van
(born 1964) |  | Liberal / Independent[d] |  | Victoria | 2025  | 2019–present
| Jess Walsh
(born 1971) |  | Labor | Victoria | 2025  | 2019–present
| Larissa Waters
(born 1977) |  | Greens | Queensland | 2025  | 2011–2017, 2018–present
| Murray Watt
(born 1973) |  | Labor | Queensland | 2028  | 2016–present
| Peter Whish-Wilson
(born 1968) |  | Greens | Tasmania | 2028  | 2012–present
| Linda White [g]
(1960–2024) |  | Labor | Victoria | 2028  | 2022–2024
| Penny Wong
(born 1968) |  | Labor | South Australia | 2028  | 2002–present

## Changes of composition

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### Party composition

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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

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GRN | ALP | IND | CA | REX | JLN | LPA | NPA | LDP | ON | UAP
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[p] | 25  | 75  | 1
6 February 2023[q] | 11  | 2
31 May 2023[p] | 26  | 76  | 0
17 June 2023[r] | 3  | 25
30 September 2023[s] | 24  | 75  | 1
30 November 2023[s] | 25  | 76  | 0
26 January 2024[t] | 25  | 75  | 1
1 February 2024[t] | 26  | 76  | 0
29 February 2024[u] | 25  | 75  | 1
28 March 2024[v] | 4  | 1
19 April 2024[w] | 10  | 74  | 2
1 May 2024[w] | 11  | 75  | 1
29 May 2024[u] | 26  | 76  | 0
4 July 2024[x] | 25  | 5
25 August 2024[y] | 6  | 24
Latest voting share % | 14.47  | 32.89  | 7.89  | —  | 1.32  | 39.47  | —  | 2.63  | 1.32  |

### Membership changes

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This table lists senators who have resigned, died, been elected or appointed, or otherwise changed their party affiliation during the 47th Parliament.

Seat  | Before  | Change  | After

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Member  | Party  | Type  | Date  | Date  | Member  | Party
New South Wales | Jim Molan |  | Liberal | Death  | 16 January 2023  | 31 May 2023  | Maria Kovacic |  | Liberal
Victoria | Lidia Thorpe |  | Greens | Resignation from party  | 6 February 2023  | Lidia Thorpe |  | Independent
Victoria | David Van |  | Liberal | Expulsion from party room | 15 June 2023  | David Van |  | Independent
New South Wales | Marise Payne |  | Liberal | Resignation  | 30 September 2023  | 30 November 2023  | Dave Sharma |  | Liberal
Western Australia | Pat Dodson |  | Labor | Resignation  | 26 January 2024  | 1 February 2024  | Varun Ghosh |  | Labor
Victoria | Linda White |  | Labor | Death  | 29 February 2024  | 29 May 2024  | Lisa Darmanin |  | Labor
Tasmania | Tammy Tyrrell |  | Lambie | Resignation from party  | 28 March 2024  | Tammy Tyrrell |  | Independent
Victoria | Janet Rice |  | Greens | Resignation  | 19 April 2024  | 1 May 2024  | Steph Hodgins-May |  | Greens
Western Australia | Fatima Payman |  | Labor | Resignation from party  | 4 July 2024  | Fatima Payman |  | Independent
Queensland | Gerard Rennick |  | LNP | Resignation from party  | 25 August 2024  | Gerard Rennick |  | Independent

## Notes

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1. ^ The terms of senators from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory end on the next dissolution of the House of Representatives.
2. ^ a b c d Jim Molan died on 16 January 2023. Maria Kovacic was appointed to fill the vacancy on 31 May 2023.
3. ^ a b Lidia Thorpe was a member of the Greens until she resigned from the party on 6 February 2023 to sit as an independent.
4. ^ a b David Van was expelled from the Liberal Party party room on 15 June 2023 before resigning from the party on 17 June 2023 to sit as an independent.
5. ^ a b c d Marise Payne resigned on 30 September 2023. Former MP Dave Sharma was appointed to fill the vacancy on 30 November 2023.
6. ^ a b c d Pat Dodson resigned on 26 January 2024. Varun Ghosh was appointed to fill the vacancy on 1 February 2024.
7. ^ a b c d Linda White died on 29 February 2024. Lisa Darmanin was appointed to fill the vacancy on 29 May 2024.
8. ^ a b 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.
9. ^ a b c d Janet Rice resigned on 19 April 2024. Steph Hodgins-May was appointed to fill the vacancy on 1 May 2024.
10. ^ a b Fatima Payman was a member of Labor until she resigned from the party on 4 July 2024 to sit as an independent.
11. ^ a b Gerard Rennick was a member of the Liberal Party until he resigned from the party on 25 August 2024 to sit as an independent.
12. ^ 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 replacment;[g] Payman resigned from Labor;[j] Rennick resigned from the Liberal Party.[k]
13. ^ a b Member of the LNP who sits with the National Party.
14. ^ a b c Member of the LNP who sits with the Liberal Party.
15. ^ Member of the CLP who sits with the National party.
16. ^ a b Jim Molan, Liberal senator for Victoria, died in office on 16 January 2023. His successor, Maria Kovacic, was appointed as his replacement on 31 May 2023.
17. ^ Lidia Thorpe, senator for Victoria, resigned from the Greens on 6 February 2023 to sit as an independent.
18. ^ David Van, senator for Victoria, resigned from the Liberal Party on 17 June 2023 to sit as an independent.
19. ^ a b Marise Payne, Liberal senator for New South Wales, resigned on 30 September 2023. Her successor, Dave Sharma, was appointed as her replacement on 30 November 2023.
20. ^ a b Pat Dodson, Labor senator for Western Australia, resigned on 26 January 2024. His successor, Varun Ghosh, was appointed as his replacement on 1 February 2024.
21. ^ a b Linda White, Labor senator for Victoria, died in office on 29 February 2024. Her successor, Lisa Darmanin, was appointed as her replacement on 29 May 2024.
22. ^ Tammy Tyrrell, senator for Tasmania, resigned from the Jacqui Lambie Network on 28 March 2024 to sit as an independent.
23. ^ a b Janet Rice, Greens senator for Victoria, resigned on 19 April 2024. Her successor, Steph Hodgins-May, was appointed as her replacement on 1 May 2024.
24. ^ Fatima Payman, senator for Western Australia, resigned from Labor on 4 July 2024 to sit as an independent.
25. ^ Gerard Rennick, senator for Queensland, resigned from the Liberal Party on 25 August 2024 to sit as an independent.

## References

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1. ^ "Senate Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
2. ^ Odgers' Australian Senate Practice. Parliament of Australia.[a][l]

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Coalition (30)|

| Liberal* (24)|

* NSW
* Andrew Bragg
* Hollie Hughes
* Maria Kovacic
* Dave Sharma
* Vic
* Sarah Henderson
* Jane Hume
* James Paterson
* Qld
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* Paul Scarr
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* Slade Brockman
* Michaelia Cash
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* Kerrynne Liddle
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* Claire Chandler
* Richard Colbeck
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* NSW
* Ross Cadell
* Perin Davey
* Vic
* Bridget McKenzie
* Qld
* Matt Canavan
* Susan McDonald
* NT
* Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

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* NSW
* Tim Ayres
* Jenny McAllister
* Deborah O'Neill
* Tony Sheldon
* Vic
* Raff Ciccone
* Lisa Darmanin
* Jana Stewart
* Jess Walsh
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* Nita Green
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* Sue Lines
* Louise Pratt
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* Malarndirri McCarthy

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* Mehreen Faruqi
* David Shoebridge
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* Qld
* Penny Allman-Payne
* Larissa Waters
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* Dorinda Cox
* Jordon Steele-John
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* Sarah Hanson-Young
* Barbara Pocock
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* Peter Whish-Wilson

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* Pauline Hanson
* Malcolm Roberts

Lambie (1)|

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* Jacqui Lambie

United Australia (1)|

* Vic
* Ralph Babet

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* Vic
* Lidia Thorpe
* David Van
* Qld
* Gerard Rennick
* WA
* Fatima Payman
* Tas
* Tammy Tyrrell
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* David Pocock

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