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The Australian Labor Party Caucus comprises all Australian Labor Party (ALP) senators and members of parliament of the current Commonwealth Parliament.The Caucus determines some matters of policy, parliamentary tactics, and disciplinary measures against disobedient parliamentarians.
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]
Sheldon won ALP preselection for the Senate in June 2018, with the endorsement of the Centre Unity (Labor Right) faction. [14] The Sydney Morning Herald described him as a "strong backer of Labor leader Bill Shorten" and speculated he would be elevated to the ministry if the party won government. [4]
According to the ALP's financial statements for the 2015–16 financial year, NSW Country Labor had around 2,600 members (around 17 percent of the party total), but almost no assets. It recorded a severe funding shortfall at the 2015 New South Wales election , and had to rely on a $1.68-million loan from the party proper to remain solvent.
Her election was the first time the ALP won three Senate seats in WA since the Senate had been expanded in 1984. [17] Elected at age 27, she is the third youngest Senator in Australian history and is currently the youngest serving Senator. [16] [13] Payman is also the first female member of parliament to wear a hijab. [7]
The seats of Hinkler (Queensland) and Maribyrnong (Victoria) will be vacant at the federal election following the resignation of Keith Pitt (Nationals) and Bill Shorten (Labor) on 19 and 20 January 2025 respectively, and no by-elections will be held for the seats owing to their proximity to the general election.
The first minor party to achieve prominence and obtain the balance of power in the Senate was the Democratic Labor Party (DLP), formed after the ALP split of 1955. [45] The Australian Democrats and the Australian Greens have also held the balance of power at various points. [ 46 ]
6 senators per state 1901-1950 1904–1906: 1903: Harry Turley [7] Thomas Givens (Labor/ National Labor Party/ Nationalist) [8] 1907–1910: 1906: Anthony St Ledger