The six other crossbench seats were 2 One Nation, 2 Jacqui Lambie Network, 1 United Australia Party, and 1 independent (David Pocock). Running in: the lower house and Senate in WA, Queensland, NSW, Victoria, SA, NT. Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before a Senate committee where he faced a colorful array of questions for nearly four hours. A centre-based party, it spruiks policies focused on WA, including basing more federal government workers and public spending in the state. Campaigning on many of the issues backed by 'teal' independents in the lower house, Pocock could on some issues be the critical 39th vote Labor needs to pass legislation. The Coalition has lost five seats to five different parties, one each to Labor in Western Australia, to the Jacqui Lambie Network in Tasmania, to David Pocock in the ACT, to the Greens in Queensland and to the United Australia Party in Victoria. [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. Running in: NSW, Queensland, SA, Victoria and WA in the House and Senate. "[177], Members in italics did not re-contest their House of Representatives seats at this election. Labor plus the Greens have 38 seats, enough to block hostile Senate motions, but not enough to pass legislation. Control of the senate depends on . ", "Joe Biden calls Anthony Albanese to congratulate him on election victory", "Sheikh Hasina greets Australian Labor leader Anthony Albanese on election victory", "Bennett congratulates new Australian prime minister", "From Biden to bin night: Albanese's big week out", "Australian election: Labor's Anthony Albanese wins, Scott Morrison quits as Liberal party leader", "PM felicitates Albanese on his election as Australian PM", "Fiame welcomes new Australian Prime Minister", "Saudi leaders congratulate new Australian PM on being sworn in", "Sogavare Congratulates Albanese on His Election Win Solomon Times Online", "President Rajapaksa congratulates Australian prime minister-elect", "Th chc mng ng Anthony Albanese c bu lm Th tng Australia", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2022_Australian_federal_election&oldid=1142428985, Section 156(1) of the CEA says: "The date fixed for the nomination of the candidates shall not be less than 10 days nor more than 27 days after the date of the writ. 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 Albanese-led Opposition struggled to make an impact in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Slotkin will seek an open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2024, becoming the first . [30], Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale resigned in February 2020, replaced by the party's only lower house MP Adam Bandt, who was elected unopposed. The following is a list of candidates running for office in the 2022 Western Australia Senatorial election. Moderated by Sky News reporter Kieran Gilbert, Albanese was declared the winner, with 40 votes to Morrison's 35 and 25 still undecided. 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. Labor has 26 seats, with 13 up for re-election. TNL, formerly registered as The New Liberals, is an Australian political party formed in 2019. Australian Election Archive. Skip to main content. The Electoral Legislation Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2019 came into effect on 1 March 2019. Running in: Victoria, ACT, Queensland, SA. [10][11], In the Senate, Cory Bernardi's resignation in January 2020 allowed the Coalition to replace him with a Liberal member, increasing their share of seats in the Senate to 36. 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. In states senators are elected from state-wide six-member districts, and in territories from territory-wide two-member districts. Ballots are counted at least twice, at the polling place and, starting Monday night after election day, at counting centres. Bob Katters organisation wants to lower power prices, relax firearms and crocodile culling laws, have an opt-out scheme for organ donation, increase access to vaping products and boost north Queensland infrastructure such as roads and rail. [96][97], On 10 April 2022, the office of the Governor-General released documents relating to the calling of the election. [51] The legal challenge was further brought into High Court of Australia for appeal but was dismissed on 8 April, two days before the election was called. The five ministers divided all portfolios between them until the full ministry was sworn in. Share. There are currently five cross-bench Senators, of who three are up for re-election. Led by the sitting senator and former Centre Alliance member, Patrick is campaigning on greater transparency and accountability in government and addressing foreign interference. Most major Australian newspapers publish editorial endorsements in the week leading up to election day. Voting rights of all members were suspended and candidates would be chosen by the National Executive. [41], The Labor Party also used the "similar name" rule against the Democratic Labour Party and the objection was upheld by the AEC, but the latter party was eventually deregistered for not meeting the membership number requirement. The New South Wales state division of the Liberal Party was unable to finalise candidates for many seats by March 2022 due to the alleged failure of Morrison's representative Alex Hawke to attend internal Liberal Party nomination review committee meetings and COVID-19 complications resulting in the inability to elect the state executive in November 2020. Related resources and links No.1 - Electing Australia's Senators Members of the House of Representatives are elected by instant-runoff voting, which in Australia is known as full preferential voting. The largest two-party preferred swing was in Western Australia (10.6%), where Labor won a majority of seats for the first time since 1990. On the same day as the replacements for Kitching and Carr were finalised, the National Executive "parachuted" Andrew Charlton into the Division of Parramatta in New South Wales, bypassing a local preselection with three candidates from diverse ethnic backgrounds. [40] However, as the writs for the election were issued the following week on 11 April, the party register then would be "frozen" and this meant the party was allowed to contest the election with its current name. 76 seats are needed for a majority 40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate Opinion polls Incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Labor The next Australian federal election will be held some time in or before 2025 to elect members of the 48th Parliament of Australia. Australian election. The committee was made up of Morrison, New South Wales Premier and state party leader Dominic Perrottet, and former party president Chris McDiven. McGowan's victory inspired the campaign of independent Zali Steggall in 2019, who defeated the Liberal former Prime Minister Tony Abbott in the seat of Warringah. [108], Political parties recommend to voters how they should rank candidates through "how-to-vote cards" distributed by campaign volunteers near polling places. A comprehensive archive of federal elections statistics since 1901, and state and territory statistics since 1990. [145] Between 10 and 27 days must be allowed after the issue of writs before the close of nominations. The Jacqui Lambie Network gains a second Senator from Tasmania with the election of a former former member of Lambie's staff, Tammy Tyrrell. Is that correct? Voting (aside from pre-poll voting) opens on 21 May, and the first results are expected after 6pm EST. Bandt told the journalist to "Google it mate" and criticised a focus on "basic fact checking" rather than a "contest of ideas.". Sign up to receive the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning. Third leaders' debate took place in Sydney. Unsurprisingly, the party wants to legalise, tax and regulate weed. Pauline Hanson's One Nation continue with two Senators, though the party has lost support in Queensland and Pauline Hanson fell well short of a quota in her own right. [21] Deputy Prime Minister and National Party leader Michael McCormack was challenged twice by his predecessor Barnaby Joyce, unsuccessfully in February 2020 and successfully in June 2021. [64] In October 2020, deputy prime minister Michael McCormack gave an assurance that the government and opposition would combine to overrule the AEC and maintain the Northern Territory's level of representation. He pledged to fulfill the promise of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, not to leave anyone behind, and to unite Australia for a better future. Senate - Victoria - Australia 2022 Incumbent Senators 1 Sarah Henderson replaced Mitch Fifield on 11 September 2019 following Fifield's resignation. Help us deliver the high-quality news and intelligent analysis Australia needs. 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. Antony Green is the ABC's Chief Elections Analyst. Calling for smaller government and low taxes, the Liberal Democrats want to institute American-style recall elections, wind back Covid and mask rules, immediately cut all government departments and politicians pay by 10%, and a flat tax of 20% for all. [147], The 2022 election featured the largest number of Indigenous candidates in Australian history, with four running for the Coalition, eleven for Labor, and seventeen for the Greens.[148]. It also wants to abolish political donations from property developers, reform stamp duty and property taxes, and direct more mining royalties to regional WA. [33], The first change was the increase of membership requirements for a party from 500 to 1,500. Greg Mirabella was appointed to a casual vacancy in early December 2021 to replace retiring Senate President Scott Ryan. Running in: the Senate in SA, NSW, Victoria, WA and QLD. [6], In the Senate, Labor won 15 seats and retained its 26 seats overall in the chamber, while the Coalition fell to 32 seats, a four-seat drop from the previous parliament. [143] The United Australia Party recommended its voters direct their preferences to the Coalition ahead of Labor in marginal electorates, such as Bass, Chisholm, Dobell, Gilmore, Hunter and Macquarie, as well as all but four seats in Queensland, in addition to preferencing Liberal incumbents ahead of independent challengers in Mackellar, Wentworth, and Wannon. Nine Entertainment Company's metropolitan dailies, such as The Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne-based The Age, both supported Labor, replicating their 2019 stance. [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. 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. It also wants to remove fluoride from drinking water, promote alternative therapies, legalise medical cannabis nationwide and pause the rollout of 5G technology. March 1, 2023, at 8:57 p.m. Defence Contractors Target Australia as It Gears up to Counter China. The NRSC's announcement comes after a bruising 2022 midterm election cycle in which the GOP saw its majority shrink in the U.S. Senate in what many predicted would be a "red wave" election . She wants to lower donation caps and introduce real-time disclosure, boost local manufacturing and start an inquiry into Chinese foreign interference. But your ballot papers will also be full of candidates representing parties you might not know much or anything about. The Greens have 12 seats, a gain of three. AVALON, Australia (Reuters) - As close U.S. ally Australia gears up to counter . 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. [80] Enrollment is optional for 16- or 17-year-olds, but they cannot vote until they turn 18,[81] and persons who have applied for Australian citizenship may also apply for provisional enrollment which takes effect on the granting of citizenship. Local regression trends for each party, weighted by sample size, are shown as solid lines. Assembly: The Parliament of Australia is a bicameral legislature comprised of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber consisting of 151 seats, and the Senate, the 76-seat upper chamber. It also says the settled scientific view that carbon dioxide is contributing to climate change needs further scrutiny, opposes euthanasia, and wants to restrict IVF to married couples. 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. [37] The LDP then withdrew its name change application on 22 March 2022. [142], Pauline Hanson's One Nation said it would recommend that voters direct their preferences to Labor in five seatsNorth Sydney, Goldstein, Sturt, Longman, and Bassall held by moderate Liberals. [12] They retained this figure until Northern Territory senator Sam McMahon resigned from the Country Liberal Party in January 2022, four months before the election. Running in: the Senate in NSW, Queensland and WA. The documents set out a timeline of key dates for the election.[94][98]. Contact Psephos at:psephos2006 [at] adam-carr [dot] net. In addition there are two senators up for election in both the ACT and NT. In the inner Melbourne seat of Macnamara, Greens candidate Steph Hodgins-May had received a 7.2% swing and was trailing 31.4% to Labor's 32.5% with just over half of the vote counted. ", "Confused About Preferences In Voting? Kim Carr is not contesting the 2022 election. ", 11 April 9:29am: Prorogation of the 46th Parliament, 11 April 9:30am: Dissolution of the House of Representatives, 21 April Close of candidate nominations, 18 May Close of postal vote applications, 21 May Polling day; commencement of terms for territory senators, 13 June Last day for receipt of declaration votes, 1 July Commencement of terms for state senators. Still running under their original name (despite a high court challenge), the libertarian partys run is being headlined by the former Liberals Campbell Newman and John Ruddick. Results on this page are determined through a combination of the Australian Electoral Commission's data feed and analysis by Guardian Australia. [56], In the 2013 federal election, the Voices for Indi organisation successfully backed independent candidate Cathy McGowan to defeat the incumbent Liberal member of parliament Sophie Mirabella in the Division of Indi. This meant that new parties are prevented from registering a party name and/or logo "too similar to an existing party's". To make a comment or suggest a change to the election site, pleasecontact us. This was a "dodgy" preselection. Given I lost by a handful of votes, was advised process open to legal challenge. Look back at how the 2022 Australian federal election unfolded Election analyst Dr Kevin Bonham said Ms Hanson is likely to regain her seat, with the third spot Liberal National Partly (LNP) candidate, Amanda Stoker, the most likely to miss out. [196], Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt celebrated his party's historic three seat gains in Queensland, two from the Liberals and one from Labor. Looking to hold Pauline Hansons Senate seat in Queensland, One Nation wants to remove Australia from the United Nations Refugee Convention and Paris climate agreement, boost government subsidies to apprentices, block sale of property to non-citizens, and place further restrictions on abortion. Control of the senate depends on the combination of the newly elected senators, and those previously elected (shown with cross-hatching below). The 2022 Australian federal election in the Senate was held on 21 May 2022 to elect 40 of the 76 senators in the Australian Senate, after a six-week campaign. [144], Candidates for either house must have been formally nominated with the Electoral Commission. ABC News Homepage. 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. [20], Throughout the duration of the 46th Parliament, Scott Morrison remained Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party, and in so doing he became the first prime minister to serve a full term without facing a leadership spill since John Howard (19962007). (Both these figures include the Territory Senators.) ", Section 158 of the CEA says: "The day fixed for the polling shall be a Saturday. Have no intent/inclination to pursue at this stage. The party backs Christian values, opposes late-term abortions and the teaching of gender fluidity in schools, and wants to consider corporal punishment models to penalise rape and other serious crimes. 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