The Liberal National Coalition currently has 36 seats in the Senate, of whom 17 are up for re-election in 2022. FILE - House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., asks a question during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland", at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 15, 2022. Australian election. [9], The 46th Parliament was inaugurated on 2 July 2019. From 2010 to 2021, Craig Kelly was a member of the Liberal Party. On 28 March 2022, the National Executive was able to finalise two new candidates to replace Kitching and Carr, and another candidate for the Division of Holt. [108], Political parties recommend to voters how they should rank candidates through "how-to-vote cards" distributed by campaign volunteers near polling places. GAP backs mandatory jail for violent crimes and boot camps for juvenile offenders, would relax firearm laws, has policies for a concealed carry licence, and would abolish income tax and remove compulsory superannuation. In 2022, he very briefly defected to sit as an independent and then joined One Nation. They campaign for increased penalties for animal abuse, animal trade, and supporting sustainable and ethical practices. Many micro-parties representing niche or local interests are running for the Senate in the 2022 Australian federal election; make sure youre across what theyre all about before deciding who you should vote for. They want to repeal the GST and the stage 3 tax cuts, raise company tax and a new wealth tax, nationalise mines and banks, go to 100% renewables within 10 years, more progressive policies on refugees and asylum seekers, and to abolish Asio and other spy agencies. The Greens have 12 seats, a gain of three. Members of the Australian Senate, 2019-2022 Article Talk Read View history Composition (May 2022) Government (35) Coalition Liberal (31) [a] National (4) [b] Opposition (26) Labor (26) Crossbench (15) Greens (9) One Nation (2) Centre Alliance ( 1) Lambie Network ( 1) Patrick Team (1) Liberal Democrats ( 1 ) Albanese addressed the National Press Club. Control of the senate depends on . Its policies include a 10-year transition to negative emissions, a carbon price, 800% renewables, high speed rail, and a $500 weekly universal basic income. The nomination for a party-endorsed candidate must be signed by the Registered Officer of a party registered under the Electoral Act; 100 signatures of eligible voters are required for an independent candidate as per section 166 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. Help us deliver the high-quality news and intelligent analysis Australia needs. Focusing on candidates who are independent local leaders who are already contributing to their neighbourhoods, this party has a larger focus on Tasmania-specific issues such as salmon farming, the states energy mix, and further restrictions on poker machines. It wants a national Icac, to limit donations to political parties, real-time disclosure of donations, and to restrict politicians from being appointed to government positions or commercial businesses connected to their former portfolios. Showing the current swing to and from parties compared with 2019, as well a % of total votes, Use the search or click/tap on the map to see detailed electorate information, Support quality, fearless journalism that is open to all. Stay up to date with the latest election 2022 results. The Greens increased their vote share and won four seats, gaining three seats in inner-city Brisbane, the first time in the party's history it won more than one seat in the lower house. Led by the controversial former One Nation senator Rod Culleton. [54] Kitching died from a heart attack a week later, and Carr later decided to retire from the election. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. ", "The gotcha question is all about reporters doing a star turn. [59][60], The Australian Electoral Commission is required, one year after the first sitting day for a new House of Representatives, to determine the number of members to which each State and Territory is entitled. [61][62], The abolition of the Northern Territory's second seat in the determination was controversial. Here, we track which of these policies are 'winning' or 'losing' based on seat counts. 39 seats needed to form majority. [50] On 5 April, the New South Wales Court of Appeal ruled that the court had no jurisdiction to make decisions relating to the constitutions of political parties, thereby ruling the preselection of the 12 candidates valid. (Both these figures include the Territory Senators.) [38][39] As a result, on 1 April 2022, the AEC gave notice to the party that it would consider deregistering the party, giving one month for the party to appeal the notice. Suggest a missing candidate here. [197], Two days after the election, Governor-General David Hurley swore in Albanese, deputy leader Richard Marles, Jim Chalmers, and Senators Penny Wong and Katy Gallagher as an interim five-person government. If the party. [198], At his first press conference after being sworn in, Albanese announced that he received assurances that crossbenchers Rebekha Sharkie, Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie, Helen Haines, and Zali Steggall would provide supply and would not support a no-confidence motion against the government.[199]. One Nation committed to run candidates in all seats. First leaders' debate in Brisbane took place in front of 100 undecided voters, with Albanese declared the winner, with 40 votes to Morrison's 35 and 25 still undecided. The population counts confirmed that the number of seats in the House of Representatives was to return to 150, with Victoria gaining a seat (39), and Western Australia (15) and the Northern Territory (1) losing a seat each. The committee was made up of Morrison, New South Wales Premier and state party leader Dominic Perrottet, and former party president Chris McDiven. The following is a list of candidates running for office in the 2022 South Australia Senatorial election. [72][73] Consequently, the Northern Territory will retain two seats in the House of Representatives at the next election,[72] an outcome achieved without legislating any mandatory minimum level of representation. For The Age, "a change of government is needed to begin restoring integrity to federal politics and face up to the challenge of climate change. Formerly known as the New Liberals, TNL advocates for net zero emissions by 2030, a retrospective federal Icac, a legislated charter of rights, boosting foreign aid, new lyrics for the national anthem, restricting mass political advertising, real-time political donation disclosure, and restricting politicians to serving only 12 years in parliament. Know whats behind the innocent-sounding names of more than 30 minor and micro parties running this federal election, and find out what the lesser-known groups are after before you cast your vote on the Senate ballot paper. [22], Key events during the second term and first full term of the Morrison Government included the Black Summer bushfires, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations, and the formation of the AUKUS security pact. [64], In March 2021, the AEC published its proposal for this redistribution, involving the abolition of the Division of Stirling in Western Australia,[74] the creation of the new Division of Hawke in Victoria (named for former Prime Minister Bob Hawke), and the renaming of the existing Division of Corangamite to the Division of Tucker (in honour of Margaret Tucker, "a Yorta Yorta woman, for her significant work to create a more equal and understanding society for Aboriginal people"). [13], In the House of Representatives, two Coalition MPs (Llew O'Brien and Darren Chester) departed their respective party-room caucuses, though retained their membership of the Morrison Government. Sitting Liberal senator Jim Molan, who was placed in the fourth spot on the Coalition ticket, remained in the race with a strong below-the-line vote: Mehreen Faruqi (GRN) - 0.7380 quotas. Greg Mirabella was appointed to a casual vacancy in early December 2021 to replace retiring Senate President Scott Ryan. (July 2022) 08:29 Now playing . National Ross Cadell will be elected in place of Liberal Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and Jim Molan is the third Coalition candidate with a good chance of re-election unless Coalition support falls precipitously. Lastly, a United Australia Party candidate won the sixth seat in Victoria. The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, sought to win a fourth consecutive term in office but was defeated by the opposition, the Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese. [140][141] The Greens recommended its voters direct their preferences to Labor ahead of both the Coalition and minor right-wing parties such as the United Australia Party and One Nation for the House of Representatives and Senate, with preferences also recommended to be directed to independents endorsed by the various Voices groups in Liberal-held seats such as Goldstein, Mackellar, North Sydney, and Wentworth. Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before a Senate committee where he faced a colorful array of questions for nearly four hours. . The Coalition suffered severe losses, winning 58 seats, its lowest share in the House of Representatives since 1946, the first federal election contested by the Liberal Party. [7][8], At the previous election in May 2019, the Liberal/National Coalition, led by Scott Morrison, formed government winning 77 seats in the House of Representatives, enough for a three-seat majority, whilst Labor claimed 68 seats and remained in opposition. Pauline Hanson's One Nation party was criticised for running "ghost candidates" in several electorates, who are neither campaigning in the lead-up to the election nor have an online presence. Although 49% of viewers preferred Albanese to be the better prime minister compared to 45% preferring Morrison, the debate was a 5050 draw. [14] The government's share of seats in the House dropped when Craig Kelly, the member for Hughes, left the Liberal Party in August 2021 to become an independent and sit on the crossbench. Running in: the Senate in Queensland, Victoria, SA, WA and NSW. Results roll in throughout election night from the polling booths and from pre-polls. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Sunday May 22, 2022 . These positions are the six-year terms allocated after 2016 double dissolution election. 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Running in: the Senate, as well as nine lower house seats, in WA only. A redistribution will be postponed if it would begin within one year of the expiration of the House of Representatives. ", "What happens to Bills being considered in Commonwealth Parliament when an election is called? This resulted in the intervention by the parties' national executives or nominated committees to select the candidates and bypassing local voting by rank-and-file members. [4], While the Coalition was soundly defeated, Labor did not achieve a landslide victory, as a result of electoral successes by independent candidates and the Australian Greens, with the crossbench swelling to 16 seats. The chart below shows the historical percentage of voters who have pledged to vote for each candidate in the 2022 Western Australia Senatorial . Let's look at the final ten candidates competing for the last three seats, including three incumbent senators and two former members of parliament: Gerard Rennick (LNP) - 0.7936 quotas. A centrist party, Reason seeks to decriminalise all drugs and legalise cannabis, promotes comprehensive sex education in schools and supports more progressive policies on Indigenous Australians, women, the LGBTIQ community and immigration. The 2022 Australian election campaign has been running since 10 May, with Scott Morrison leading the Coalition as the incumbents opposed by the Labor party, led by Anthony Albanese. Australian Election Archive. Unsurprisingly, the party wants to legalise, tax and regulate weed. Morrison and Albanese accepted a debate on Channel Seven rather than on the ABC. Seats are called from predictions based on voting data from the Australian Electoral Commission. . The mechanism by which this would be achieved was unclear,[69] however, with Senator Mathias Cormann stating that a two-seat minimum for the territories would be legislated. Named for the anti-Communist party activist, the party wants to stand up to China, support Hong Kong, Uyghur and Tibetan communities and repeal Australias free trade agreement with China. [23][24] Morrison won praise for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, including launching the National Cabinet and JobKeeper programs, but he struggled to manage the vaccination roll out and testing regime as new variants of SARS-CoV-2 emerged. On 7 April 2022, three days prior to the election being called, Liberal National Party MP George Christensen announced his resignation from the party and became an independent, dropping the government to 75 seats at the end of the parliamentary term. The party wants to elect a Christian voice amidst the voices in Parliament. The following is a list of candidates running for office in the 2022 Western Australia Senatorial election. Promoting revolutionary change, the party is campaigning for equality and against gas mining. Christensen did not seek re-election. Bandt told the journalist to "Google it mate" and criticised a focus on "basic fact checking" rather than a "contest of ideas.". New to the Senate is the United Australia Party's Ralph Babet, who defeated the third Coalition member in the race for the final seat in Victoria. The six other crossbench seats were 2 One Nation, 2 Jacqui Lambie Network, 1 United Australia Party, and 1 independent (David Pocock). Albanese was victorious with 50% of the vote, with Morrison getting 34% of the vote, and 16% remaining undecided. If the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is satisfied with the objection, it can uphold the objection, and the later-registered party will be registered within a month of the upholding, if an application to change the name and/or logo is not made or has been denied. Pushing for policies to benefit retirees and pensioners, the party wants reforms for dementia and palliative care, simpler rules around aged care and a public TV channel for seniors. [194], Morrison conceded defeat and resigned as leader of the Liberal Party; his successor was later decided at the next Liberal party room meeting to be Peter Dutton; both of the two formerly contested against each other during the 2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills. Victor Kline, a barrister from Sydney, was the foundation leader. The Labor Party was defending two seats. Running in: the Senate in all states besides Northern Territory, as well as lower house seats in most states. 2022 federal election - Australian Electoral Commission For voters Enrolment Enrol to vote Update my details Check my enrolment Special category enrolment New citizens Voting Ways to vote Completing my ballot paper Practise voting Engagement Indigenous Australians Translated information People with disability Electoral communication [104] Channel 9's moderation of the debate was subject to widespread criticism, with both Morrison and Albanese shouting over the top of one another and the moderator, and for the technical issues experienced by a web page run by Channel 9 to gather audience opinion. The elected senators sit alongside continuing senators elected in 2019 as part of the 47th Parliament of Australia. Chris Ketter (ALP) - 0.6331. Voting in elections is compulsory for everyone over the age of 18, with 26 million adults due to take part in the upcoming vote. The Senate passed a politically charged resolution on Wednesday to overturn a Biden administration retirement investment rule that allows managers of retirement funds to consider the impact of . Labor said they would not commit to an increase in JobSeeker Payment after the election if they win. Running in: the Senate and several lower house seats in Victoria. [70] Mandating a minimum number of seats for the Northern Territory but not the Australian Capital Territory was seen as potentially inequitable, though the ACT's level of representation was not under threat. Having renounced his New Zealand citizenship, Small was re-appointed on 18 May 2022 and contested the election. [42][43], Both the Labor Party and Liberal Party experienced preselection issues, where they were unable to finalise candidates for many of the seats or the Senate as late as early April 2022, less than two weeks before the election was called. The documents set out a timeline of key dates for the election.[94][98]. Several world leaders issued statements congratulating Albanese on his victory. Albanese also received messages of congratulations from the leaders of Bangladesh,[220] Israel,[221] Italy,[222] the Netherlands,[223] Pakistan,[224] Samoa,[225] Saudi Arabia,[226] the Solomon Islands,[227] Sri Lanka,[228] and Vietnam.[229]. They also recommended its voters put incumbents last in their vote in Western Australia. At this pivotal moment, fact-based journalism, free from commercial or political influence, is critical. In the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), independent candidate David Pocock won the second of two seats, the first time an ACT senator was not a Labor or Liberal party member. He promised to end the climate wars and to commit to the pledges he has made during the election campaign. To determine the winner of the debate, 150 undecided voters were surveyed in key electorates around the country. 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[15] This left the government with a one-seat majority (76 out of 151), though considering the position of the Speaker, who is obliged not to vote to create a majority where none is present, the government functioned from this point to the election in technical-minority status.