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The 2025 Australian federal election will be held on or before 17 May 2025 to elect members of the 48th Parliament of Australia. All seats of the House of Representatives (150 compared to 151 in the previous election) and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate will be contested.
The current Parliament is the 47th Australian Parliament. The most recent federal election was held on 21 May 2022 , with the 47th Parliament first sitting in July 2022.
A two-party system has existed in the Australian House of Representatives since the two non-Labor parties merged in 1909. The 1910 election was the first to elect a majority government, with the Australian Labor Party concurrently winning the first Senate majority.
On 27 July 2023, the Electoral Commissioner determined the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in each state and territory. The seat entitlement of Western Australia was increased from fifteen to sixteen in this determination. [26] In January 2024, a redistribution began in Western Australia. [263]
The term of Australian parliaments is determined by the opening and dissolution (or expiration) of the House of Representatives. The Senate is not normally dissolved at all, except at a double dissolution, when the entire parliament is dissolved. Parliaments do not have a fixed term. The maximum term permitted by section 28 of the Constitution of Australia is three years, counted from the date ...
[22] Since the 47th Parliament of Australia opened on 26 July 2022, it will expire on 25 July 2025. Section 32 of the Constitution says: "The writs shall be issued within ten days from the expiry of a House of Representatives or from the proclamation of a dissolution thereof." Ten days after 25 July 2025 is 4 August 2025.
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 ...
Former Australian rules footballer Neale Daniher is named 2025 Australian of the Year. [46] 26 January – The 2025 Australia Day Honours list is announced. [47] Allen Cheuk-Seng Cheng, Megan Davis, James Edelman, Gillian Triggs, Lyn Williams and Galarrwuy Yunupingu are all bestowed with the highest honour of the Companion of the Order of ...