Members of the Australian Senate, 2025–2028

Members of the Australian Senate, 2025–2028
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Composition (Current)

Government (29)

  •   Labor (29)

Opposition (27)
Coalition

Crossbench (24)


  1. ^ Including two Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators and one Country Liberal Party senator who sit in the Liberal party room.
  2. ^ Including two Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators who sit in the National party room.
  3. ^
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This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2025 Australian federal election held on 3 May 2025.[1] Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states begin on 1 July 2025. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of the election, 3 May 2025.[2][a][c]

Leadership

Presiding officers

Office Party Officer State Since
President of the Senate   Labor Sue Lines WA 26 July 2022
Deputy President and Chair of Committees   Liberal Slade Brockman WA 22 July 2025

Government leadership

Opposition leadership

List of senators

Senator Party State/Territory End term Years in office Ref
Penny Allman-Payne
(born 1970) 		  Greens Queensland 2028 2022–present [3]
Michelle Ananda-Rajah
(born 1972) 		  Labor Victoria 2031 2025–present [4]
Alex Antic
(born 1974) 		  Liberal South Australia 2031 2019–present [5]
Wendy Askew
(born 1963) 		  Liberal Tasmania 2028 2019–present [6]
Tim Ayres
(born 1973) 		  Labor New South Wales 2031 2019–present [7]
Ralph Babet
(born 1983) 		  United Australia Victoria 2028 2022–present [8]
Sean Bell[b]
(born 1986/1987) 		  One Nation New South Wales 2031 2025–present [9]
Leah Blyth   Liberal South Australia 2028 2025–present [10]
Andrew Bragg
(born 1984) 		  Liberal New South Wales 2031 2019–present [11]
Slade Brockman
(born 1970) 		  Liberal Western Australia 2031 2017–present [12]
Carol Brown
(born 1963) 		  Labor Tasmania 2031 2005–present [13]
Ross Cadell
(born 1969) 		  National New South Wales 2028 2022–present [14]
Matt Canavan
(born 1980) 		  Liberal National [d] Queensland 2028 2014–present [15]
Michaelia Cash
(born 1970) 		  Liberal Western Australia 2028 2008–present [16]
Claire Chandler
(born 1990) 		  Liberal Tasmania 2031 2019–present [17]
Anthony Chisholm
(born 1978) 		  Labor Queensland 2028 2016–present [18]
Raff Ciccone
(born 1983) 		  Labor Victoria 2031 2019–present [19]
Richard Colbeck
(born 1958) 		  Liberal Tasmania 2031 2002–2016, 2018–present [20]
Jessica Collins   Liberal New South Wales 2031 2025–present [21]
Dorinda Cox
(born 1976) 		  Labor Western Australia 2028 2021–present [22]
Lisa Darmanin   Labor Victoria 2028 2024–present [23]
Josh Dolega   Labor Tasmania 2028 2025–present [24]
Richard Dowling
(born 1983) 		  Labor Tasmania 2031 2025–present [25]
Jonathon Duniam
(born 1982) 		  Liberal Tasmania 2028 2016–present [26]
Don Farrell
(born 1954) 		  Labor South Australia 2028 2008–2014, 2016–present [27]
Mehreen Faruqi
(born 1963) 		  Greens New South Wales 2031 2018–present [28]
Katy Gallagher
(born 1970) 		  Labor Australian Capital Territory 2028 2015–2018, 2019–present [29]
Varun Ghosh
(born 1985) 		  Labor Western Australia 2031 2024–present [30]
Nita Green
(born 1983) 		  Labor Queensland 2031 2019–present [31]
Karen Grogan
(born 1967) 		  Labor South Australia 2031 2021–present [32]
Pauline Hanson
(born 1954) 		  One Nation Queensland 2028 2016–present [33]
Sarah Hanson-Young
(born 1981) 		  Greens South Australia 2031 2008–present [34]
Sarah Henderson
(born 1964) 		  Liberal Victoria 2028 2019–present [35]
Steph Hodgins-May
(born 1985) 		  Greens Victoria 2031 2024–present [36]
Jane Hume
(born 1971) 		  Liberal Victoria 2031 2016–present [37]
Maria Kovacic
(born 1970) 		  Liberal New South Wales 2028 2023–present [38]
Jacqui Lambie
(born 1971) 		  Lambie Tasmania 2031 2014–2017, 2019–present [39]
Kerrynne Liddle
(born 1967) 		  Liberal South Australia 2028 2022–present [40]
Sue Lines
(born 1953) 		  Labor Western Australia 2028 2013–present [41]
Jenny McAllister
(born 1973) 		  Labor New South Wales 2028 2015–present [42]
Malarndirri McCarthy
(born 1970) 		  Labor Northern Territory 2028 2016–present [43]
Susan McDonald
(born 1970) 		  Liberal National [d] Queensland 2031 2019–present [44]
James McGrath
(born 1974) 		  Liberal National [e] Queensland 2028 2014–present [45]
Bridget McKenzie
(born 1969) 		  National Victoria 2028 2011–present [46]
Nick McKim
(born 1965) 		  Greens Tasmania 2031 2015–present [47]
Andrew McLachlan
(born 1966) 		  Liberal South Australia 2028 2020–present [48]
Corinne Mulholland
(born 1987) 		  Labor Queensland 2031 2025–present [49]
Deborah O'Neill
(born 1961) 		  Labor New South Wales 2028 2013–present [50]
Matt O'Sullivan
(born 1978) 		  Liberal Western Australia 2031 2019–present [51]
James Paterson
(born 1987) 		  Liberal Victoria 2031 2016–present [52]
Fatima Payman
(born 1995) 		  Australia's Voice Western Australia 2028 2022–present [53]
Barbara Pocock
(born 1955) 		  Greens South Australia 2028 2022–present [54]
David Pocock
(born 1988) 		  Independent Australian Capital Territory 2028 2022–present [55]
Helen Polley
(born 1957) 		  Labor Tasmania 2028 2005–present [56]
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
(born 1981) 		  Country Liberal [f] Northern Territory 2028 2022–present [57]
Malcolm Roberts
(born 1955) 		  One Nation Queensland 2031 2016–2017, 2019–present [58]
Anne Ruston
(born 1963) 		  Liberal South Australia 2031 2012–present [59]
Paul Scarr
(born 1969) 		  Liberal National [e] Queensland 2031 2019–present [60]
Dave Sharma
(born 1975) 		  Liberal New South Wales 2028 2023–present [61]
Tony Sheldon
(born 1961) 		  Labor New South Wales 2031 2019–present [62]
David Shoebridge
(born 1971) 		  Greens New South Wales 2028 2022–present [63]
Dean Smith
(born 1969) 		  Liberal Western Australia 2028 2012–present [64]
Marielle Smith
(born 1986) 		  Labor South Australia 2031 2019–present [65]
Warwick Stacey[b]
(born 1952) 		  One Nation New South Wales 2031 2025–2025 [66]
Jordon Steele-John
(born 1994) 		  Greens Western Australia 2031 2017–present [67]
Glenn Sterle
(born 1960) 		  Labor Western Australia 2028 2005–present [68]
Jana Stewart
(born 1987) 		  Labor Victoria 2028 2022–present [69]
Lidia Thorpe
(born 1973) 		  Independent Victoria 2028 2020–present [70]
Tammy Tyrrell
(born 1970) 		  Independent Tasmania 2028 2022–present [71]
Charlotte Walker
(born 2004) 		  Labor South Australia 2031 2025–present [72]
Jess Walsh
(born 1971) 		  Labor Victoria 2031 2019–present [73]
Larissa Waters
(born 1977) 		  Greens Queensland 2031 2011–2017, 2018–present [74]
Murray Watt
(born 1973) 		  Labor Queensland 2028 2016–present [75]
Peter Whish-Wilson
(born 1968) 		  Greens Tasmania 2028 2012–present [76]
Ellie Whiteaker   Labor Western Australia 2031 2025–present [77]
Tyron Whitten
(born 1971) 		  One Nation Western Australia 2031 2025–present [78]
Penny Wong
(born 1968) 		  Labor South Australia 2028 2002–present [79]

Changes of composition

Party composition

Over the course of the 48th Parliament, changes in membership resulted in changes to party composition, which are summarised below.

Affiliation Party
(shading shows control)
 Total Vacant
GRN ALP IND JLN LPA NPA ON UAP PFP AV
End of previous Parliament 10 26 4 1 25 5 2 1 1 1 76 0
Begin (22 July 2025) 10 29 3 1 23 4 4 1 — 1 76 0
19 August 2025 3 75 1
18 September 2025 4 76 0
Latest voting share % 13.16 38.16 3.95 1.32 35.53 5.26 1.32 — 1.32

Membership changes

This table lists senators who have resigned, died, been elected or appointed, or otherwise changed their party affiliation during the 48th Parliament.

Seat Before Change After
Member Party Type Date Date Member Party
New South Wales Warwick Stacey One Nation Resignation[80] 19 August 2025 18 September 2025 Sean Bell One Nation

Notes

  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 Warwick Stacey resigned on 19 August 2025. Sean Bell was appointed to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2025.
  3. ^ The changes to the composition of the Senate, in chronological order, were: Stacey resigned;[b] Bell was appointed as Stacey's replacement;[b]
  4. ^ a b Member of the LNP who sits with the National Party.
  5. ^ a b Member of the LNP who sits with the Liberal Party.
  6. ^ Member of the CLP who sits with the Liberal Party.

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