47th Parliament of Australia

The 47th Parliament of Australia is the current meeting of the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Australia, composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives. The May 2022 federal election gave the Australian Labor Party control of the House. Labor won 77 seats at the election, and it gained an additional seat in April 2023 due to winning the Aston by-election, giving it a three-seat majority government. Labor leader Anthony Albanese became the 31st Prime Minister of Australia, and was sworn in by the Governor-General David Hurley on 23 May 2022. The 47th Parliament opened in Canberra on 26 July 2022.

Major events and legislation

 * The Climate Change Act 2022 passed the parliament on 8 September 2022, having been approved by the House by 86 votes to 50 and the Senate by 37 votes to 30. The legislation codifies a 43 per cent emissions reduction target by 2030 (on 2005 levels), requires the Climate Change Authority to provide advice on Australia's progress against those targets, mandates that the Minister for Climate Change reports annually to Parliament on Australia's progress, and forces federal government agencies to adhere to the legislative requirements of the Act.
 * The Social Security Amendment Act 2022 passed the parliament on 28 September 2022, having passed the House by 86 votes to 56 and the Senate by 33 votes to 26. The legislation repealed the mandatory Cashless Welfare Card, originally introduced as a trial in 2016 for 12,500 people across four trial sites, which quarantined around 80% of a person's income so it could not be spent on alcohol or gambling or withdrawn in cash. As a result of the legislative change, participants could opt out of the scheme, though around 4,300 people in the Northern Territory and Cape York remained on the card prior to the introduction of a compulsory income-management scheme in 2023.
 * The Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Act 2022 passed the parliament on 28 November 2022. The legislation implemented seven of the recommendations of the Kate Jenkins-authored Respect@Work report into sexual harassment. Among other reforms, the laws impose a positive onus on employers to take steps to demonstrate that they're proactively attempting to eliminate sex discrimination "as far as possible". In addition, victimising conduct can be the basis of a civil, not just criminal, complaint, and public sector agencies are newly required to report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as occurs with private sector agencies.
 * The National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022 passed the parliament on 30 November 2022. The legislation established the National Anti-Corruption Commission, an independent federal agency equipped with the power to investigate Commonwealth ministers, public servants, statutory office holders, government agencies, parliamentarians and parliamentary staff for corrupt or improper behaviour.
 * The Fair Work Legislation Amendment Act 2022 passed the parliament on 2 December 2022. The legislation passed the House of Representatives by 80 votes to 56 and passed the Senate by 35 votes to 31. The workplace relations reforms introduce multi-employer bargaining, allow the Fair Work Commission to authorise workers with sufficient common interests to bargain together and abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission and Registered Organisations Commission. The legislation passed with the support of the Greens and Senator David Pocock, who each won government support for an enforceable right to request unpaid parental leave and measures to prevent a loophole in the better-off-overall test in the legislation, as well as the creation of a statutory advisory committee of experts to provide independent advice concerning "economic inclusion" of lower-income people, welfare recipients and cost-of-living relief.
 * The Restoring Territory Rights Act 2022 passed the parliament on 1 December 2022. The legislation, which abolished the federal ban on the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory legislatures passing laws to permit euthanasia schemes (originally passed in 1997) was subject to a conscience vote for most parties. It was approved by 99 votes to 37 in the House of Representatives and by 41 votes to 25 in the Senate.
 * The Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Act 2023 passed the parliament on 30 March 2023. The legislation passed with the support of the Labor government, the Greens, Jacqui Lambie Network and independent crossbenchers in both chambers, following intense negotiations between the parties. In effect, 215 of the country's major polluting facilities are required to cut emissions intensity by 5% a year, through absolute cuts or by buying carbon offsets. While individual companies can buy an unlimited number of offsets, total absolute emissions under the scheme cannot increase and are required to come down over time. The legislation passed the Senate by 32 votes to 26 and the House by 89 votes to 50, with the Liberal/National Coalition, One Nation and United Australia parties opposed to the reforms.
 * The Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 proposed alteration to the Constitution of Australia passed the parliament on 19 June 2023. It passed by 121 votes to 25 in the House of Representatives and by 52 votes to 19 in the Senate. It enabled a referendum to occur in the latter months of 2023, to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, which would have an advisory power to consult with the parliament and Executive Government on matters and legislation affecting Indigenous Australians.
 * The Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 passed the parliament on 14 September 2023. The legislation established the Housing Australia Future Fund, a $10 billion sovereign wealth fund-type scheme to enable the construction of 30,000 social and affordable homes over five years. A guaranteed $500 million is to be spent per year from the fund, while a minimum of 1,200 homes are to be built in each state and territory across the period. The legislation's passage was achieved after the government won the support of the Greens, who negotiated an extra $1 billion for public and community housing from the government, though failed to win support for a national freeze or caps on rents. Several months prior to the legislation's passage, the government made a $2 billion separate one-off announcement for social housing through a "social housing accelerator" scheme.
 * In January 2024, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government had approved changes to the Stage 3 income tax cuts, originally passed by the Morrison government during the 46th Parliament and set to come into effect on 1 July 2024. Under the new scheme, the flattening of the tax rate for all income between $45,000 and $200,000 to 30% will be overturned through the restoration of the 37% tax rate, income earners above $150,000 will have their tax cuts progressively reduced to as much as half of the original cut, whilst earners up to $150,000 will have a larger cut than proposed under the previous government. To this effect, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024 was approved by the parliament on 27 February 2024.

Presiding officer

 * President of the Senate: Sue Lines

Government leadership

 * 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

 * 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

Presiding officer

 * Speaker of the House: Milton Dick

Government leadership

 * Leader of the House: Tony Burke
 * Chief Government Whip: Joanne Ryan
 * Government Whips: Anne Stanley & David Smith

Opposition leadership

 * Manager of Opposition Business: Paul Fletcher
 * Chief Opposition Whip: Bert van Manen
 * Opposition Whips: Melissa Price & Rowan Ramsey

House of Representatives
[[File:Australian_House_of_Representatives_14_November_2023.svg|thumb|350px|House membership (as of 14 November 2023)

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Senate
[[File:Australian_Senate_17_June_2023.svg|thumb|350px|Senate membership (as of 17 June 2023)

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Demographics
The 47th Parliament of Australia has a historically high representation of women; women make up 38% of the House of Representatives and 57% of the Senate, the highest on record for both chambers. In terms of representation, Indigenous members will account for 9.6 per cent of the 76 Senate seats, and 1.9 per cent of 151 House of Representatives seats.

Senate
The Senate included 32 men and 44 women, the most women to date.

House of Representatives
There are 58 women in the House, the largest number in history. Three current members are LGBTQ+ — Stephen Bates, Angie Bell and Julian Hill. Four members; Mark Dreyfus, Josh Burns, Mike Freelander and Julian Leeser identified as Jewish. Labor members — Ed Husic and Anne Aly — became the first two Muslim federal ministers.

Senate
40 of the 76 seats in the upper house were contested in the election in May 2022. The class of senators elected in 2022 are denoted with an asterisk (*).

Australian Capital Territory

 * Katy Gallagher (ALP)*
 * David Pocock (IND)*

New South Wales

 * Tim Ayres (ALP)
 * Andrew Bragg (LP)
 * Ross Cadell (NAT)*
 * Perin Davey (NAT)
 * Mehreen Faruqi (AG)
 * Hollie Hughes (LP)
 * Jenny McAllister (ALP)*
 * Maria Kovacic (LP)*
 * Deborah O'Neill (ALP)*
 * Dave Sharma (LP)*
 * Tony Sheldon (ALP)
 * David Shoebridge (AG)*

Northern Territory

 * Malarndirri McCarthy (ALP)*
 * Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (CLP)*

Queensland

 * Penny Allman-Payne (AG)*
 * Matt Canavan (LNP)*
 * Anthony Chisholm (ALP)*
 * Nita Green (ALP)
 * Pauline Hanson (PHON)*
 * Susan McDonald (LNP)
 * James McGrath (LNP)*
 * Gerard Rennick (LNP)
 * Malcolm Roberts (PHON)
 * Paul Scarr (LNP)
 * Larissa Waters (AG)
 * Murray Watt (ALP)*

South Australia

 * Alex Antic (LP)
 * Simon Birmingham (LP)*
 * Don Farrell (ALP)*
 * David Fawcett (LP)
 * Karen Grogan (ALP)
 * Sarah Hanson-Young (AG)
 * Kerrynne Liddle (LP)*
 * Andrew McLachlan (LP)*
 * Barbara Pocock (AG)*
 * Anne Ruston (LP)
 * Marielle Smith (ALP)
 * Penny Wong (ALP)*

Tasmania

 * Wendy Askew (LP)*
 * Catryna Bilyk (ALP)
 * Carol Brown (ALP)
 * Claire Chandler (LP)
 * Richard Colbeck (LP)
 * Jonathon Duniam (LP)*
 * Jacqui Lambie (JLN)
 * Nick McKim (AG)
 * Helen Polley (ALP)*
 * Tammy Tyrrell (IND)*
 * Anne Urquhart (ALP)*
 * Peter Whish-Wilson (AG)*

Victoria

 * Ralph Babet (UAP)*
 * Raff Ciccone (ALP)
 * Lisa Darmanin (ALP)*
 * Sarah Henderson (LP)*
 * Steph Hodgins-May (AG)
 * Jane Hume (LP)
 * Bridget McKenzie (NAT)*
 * James Paterson (LP)
 * Jana Stewart (ALP)*
 * Lidia Thorpe (IND)*
 * David Van (IND)
 * Jess Walsh (ALP)

Western Australia

 * Slade Brockman (LP)
 * Michaelia Cash (LP)*
 * Dorinda Cox (AG)*
 * Varun Ghosh (ALP)
 * Sue Lines (ALP)*
 * Matt O'Sullivan (LP)
 * Fatima Payman (IND)*
 * Louise Pratt (ALP)
 * Linda Reynolds (LP)
 * Dean Smith (LP)*
 * Jordon Steele-John (AG)
 * Glenn Sterle (ALP)*



House of Representatives
All 151 seats in the lower house were contested in the election in May 2022.

Australian Capital Territory

 * Andrew Leigh (ALP—Fenner)
 * Alicia Payne (ALP—Canberra)
 * David Smith (ALP—Bean)

New South Wales

 * Anthony Albanese (ALP—Grayndler)
 * Alison Byrnes (ALP—Cunningham)
 * Chris Bowen (ALP—McMahon)
 * Tony Burke (ALP—Watson)
 * Linda Burney (ALP—Barton)
 * Andrew Charlton (ALP—Parramatta)
 * Jason Clare (ALP—Blaxland)
 * Sharon Claydon (ALP—Newcastle)
 * David Coleman (LP—Banks)
 * Pat Conaghan (NAT—Cowper)
 * Pat Conroy (ALP—Shortland)
 * Mark Coulton (NAT—Parkes)
 * Justine Elliot (ALP—Richmond)
 * Paul Fletcher (LP—Bradfield)
 * Mike Freelander (ALP—Macarthur)
 * Andrew Gee (IND—Calare)
 * David Gillespie (NAT—Lyne)
 * Alex Hawke (LP—Mitchell)
 * Kevin Hogan (NAT—Page)
 * Ed Husic (ALP—Chifley)
 * Stephen Jones (ALP—Whitlam)
 * Barnaby Joyce (NAT—New England)
 * Simon Kennedy (LP—Cook)
 * Jerome Laxale (ALP—Bennelong)
 * Dai Le (IND—Fowler)
 * Julian Leeser (LP—Berowra)
 * Sussan Ley (LP—Farrer)
 * Kristy McBain (ALP—Eden-Monaro)
 * Emma McBride (ALP—Dobell)
 * Michael McCormack (NAT—Riverina)
 * Melissa McIntosh (LP—Lindsay)
 * Fiona Phillips (ALP—Gilmore)
 * Tanya Plibersek (ALP—Sydney)
 * Gordon Reid (ALP—Robertson)
 * Daniel Repacholi (ALP—Hunter)
 * Michelle Rowland (ALP—Greenway)
 * Sophie Scamps (IND—Mackellar)
 * Sally Sitou (ALP—Reid)
 * Allegra Spender (IND—Wentworth)
 * Anne Stanley (ALP—Werriwa)
 * Zali Steggall (IND—Warringah)
 * Meryl Swanson (ALP—Paterson)
 * Angus Taylor (LP—Hume)
 * Susan Templeman (ALP—Macquarie)
 * Matt Thistlethwaite (ALP—Kingsford Smith)
 * Kylea Tink (IND—North Sydney)
 * Jenny Ware (LP—Hughes)

Northern Territory

 * Luke Gosling (ALP—Solomon)
 * Marion Scrymgour (ALP—Lingiari)

Queensland

 * Karen Andrews (LNP—McPherson)
 * Stephen Bates (AG—Brisbane)
 * Angie Bell (LNP—Moncrieff)
 * Colin Boyce (LNP—Flynn)
 * Scott Buchholz (LNP—Wright)
 * Cameron Caldwell (LNP—Fadden)
 * Jim Chalmers (ALP—Rankin)
 * Max Chandler-Mather (AG—Griffith)
 * Milton Dick (ALP—Oxley)
 * Peter Dutton (LNP—Dickson)
 * Warren Entsch (LNP—Leichhardt)
 * Garth Hamilton (LNP—Groom)
 * Luke Howarth (LNP—Petrie)
 * Bob Katter (KAP—Kennedy)
 * Michelle Landry (LNP—Capricornia)
 * David Littleproud (LNP—Maranoa)
 * Shayne Neumann (ALP—Blair)
 * Llew O'Brien (LNP—Wide Bay)
 * Ted O'Brien (LNP—Fairfax)
 * Graham Perrett (ALP—Moreton)
 * Henry Pike (LNP—Bowman)
 * Keith Pitt (LNP—Hinkler)
 * Phillip Thompson (LNP—Herbert)
 * Bert van Manen (LNP—Forde)
 * Ross Vasta (LNP—Bonner)
 * Andrew Wallace (LNP—Fisher)
 * Elizabeth Watson-Brown (AG—Ryan)
 * Anika Wells (ALP—Lilley)
 * Andrew Willcox (LNP—Dawson)
 * Terry Young (LNP—Longman)

South Australia

 * Matt Burnell (ALP—Spence)
 * Mark Butler (ALP—Hindmarsh)
 * Steve Georganas (ALP—Adelaide)
 * Louise Miller-Frost (ALP—Boothby)
 * Tony Pasin (LP—Barker)
 * Rowan Ramsey (LP—Grey)
 * Amanda Rishworth (ALP—Kingston)
 * Rebekha Sharkie (CA—Mayo)
 * James Stevens (LP—Sturt)
 * Tony Zappia (ALP—Makin)

Tasmania

 * Bridget Archer (LP—Bass)
 * Julie Collins (ALP—Franklin)
 * Brian Mitchell (ALP—Lyons)
 * Gavin Pearce (LP—Braddon)
 * Andrew Wilkie (IND—Clark)

Victoria

 * Michelle Ananda-Rajah (ALP—Higgins)
 * Adam Bandt (AG—Melbourne)
 * Jodie Belyea (ALP—Dunkley)
 * Sam Birrell (NAT—Nicholls)
 * Russell Broadbent (IND—Monash)
 * Josh Burns (ALP—Macnamara)
 * Darren Chester (NAT—Gippsland)
 * Lisa Chesters (ALP—Bendigo)
 * Libby Coker (ALP—Corangamite)
 * Zoe Daniel (IND—Goldstein)
 * Mary Doyle (ALP—Aston)
 * Mark Dreyfus (ALP—Isaacs)
 * Cassandra Fernando (ALP—Holt)
 * Carina Garland (ALP—Chisholm)
 * Andrew Giles (ALP—Scullin)
 * Helen Haines (IND—Indi)
 * Julian Hill (ALP—Bruce)
 * Ged Kearney (ALP—Cooper)
 * Peter Khalil (ALP—Wills)
 * Catherine King (ALP—Ballarat)
 * Richard Marles (ALP—Corio)
 * Zoe McKenzie (LP—Flinders)
 * Rob Mitchell (ALP—McEwen)
 * Daniel Mulino (ALP—Fraser)
 * Jodie Belyea (ALP—Dunkley)
 * Brendan O'Connor (ALP—Gorton)
 * Clare O'Neil (ALP—Hotham)
 * Sam Rae (ALP—Hawke)
 * Joanne Ryan (ALP—Lalor)
 * Monique Ryan (IND—Kooyong)
 * Bill Shorten (ALP—Maribyrnong)
 * Michael Sukkar (LP—Deakin)
 * Dan Tehan (LP—Wannon)
 * Kate Thwaites (ALP—Jagajaga)
 * Maria Vamvakinou (ALP—Calwell)
 * Aaron Violi (LP—Casey)
 * Tim Watts (ALP—Gellibrand)
 * Anne Webster (NAT—Mallee)
 * Keith Wolahan (LP—Menzies)
 * Jason Wood (LP—La Trobe)

Western Australia

 * Anne Aly (ALP—Cowan)
 * Kate Chaney (IND—Curtin)
 * Ian Goodenough (LP—Moore)
 * Patrick Gorman (ALP—Perth)
 * Andrew Hastie (LP—Canning)
 * Matt Keogh (ALP—Burt)
 * Madeleine King (ALP—Brand)
 * Tania Lawrence (ALP—Hasluck)
 * Sam Lim (ALP—Tangney)
 * Nola Marino (LP—Forrest)
 * Zaneta Mascarenhas (ALP—Swan)
 * Melissa Price (LP—Durack)
 * Tracey Roberts (ALP—Pearce)
 * Josh Wilson (ALP—Fremantle)
 * Rick Wilson (LP—O'Connor)

[[File:Australia General Election, 2022 -- Results by Division.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Current House composition by division {{Legend|#E13840|Held by Labor}}

Coalition

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

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