Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop is an Australian former politician who served as the 29th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia,she served as a senator for New South Wales from 1987 to 1994 after which she became the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Mackellar from 1994 to 2016. During her time in parliament she served as the minister for Defence Industry from 1996 to 1998 and minister for Aged Care from 1998 to 2001 under Prime Minister John Howard.
Jason Peter Wood is an Australian politician and former police officer. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013,representing the seat of La Trobe. He previously held the seat from 2004 to 2010. He was an assistant minister in the Morrison government from 2019 to 2022.
The Division of Mackellar is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI) was an Australian far-right political party founded by radiologist Dr. Rodney Spencer and his wife Robyn,the parents of actor Jesse Spencer. The party described itself as "eco-nationalist",was opposed to mass immigration and aimed for zero net migration. The party was founded in 1989,registered in 1990,and ceased to exist in 2008.
Zali Steggall is an Australian politician,lawyer and former Winter Olympic athlete. She has been the independent member for Warringah since the 2019 Australian federal election when she defeated the incumbent,former Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Joshua Anthony Frydenberg is an Australian former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2018 to 2022. He also served as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Kooyong from 2010 to 2022.
Jim Ball is an Australian radio personality,formerly broadcasting with the 2GB and 2UE networks in Sydney.
Darren Jeffrey Chester is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the House of Representatives for Gippsland in Victoria,representing the Nationals since 2008. Chester had served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Defence Personnel between March 2018 and July 2021 in the Turnbull and Morrison governments. He was also Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC until May 2019.
The 1994 Mackellar by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Mackellar in New South Wales on 26 March 1994. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member,the Liberal Party of Australia's Jim Carlton on 14 January 1994. The writ for the by-election was issued on 18 February 1994. On the same day a by-election was held in Warringah.
George Robert Christensen is an Australian politician,currently serving as a member of the Mackay Regional Council. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022,serving as the member for the division of Dawson. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat with the National Party in federal parliament,prior to leaving the party in April 2022 to join One Nation just days before the end of his parliamentary term.
Scott Andrew Buchholz is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and served as an assistant minister in the Morrison government from 2018 until May 2022,following the appointment of the Albanese ministry. He has represented the seat of Wright since the 2010 federal election,sitting with the parliamentary Liberal Party,and previously served as chief government whip in the House of Representatives in the Abbott government in 2015. He was a businessman in the transport industry before entering politics.
Michael Sven Sukkar is an Australian politician has served as the Shadow Minister for Housing,NDIS,and Social Services since 2022. Previously he had served as Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing and as the Minister for Homelessness,Social and Community Housing. Sukkar has been a member of the House of Representatives since September 2013,representing the Division of Deakin in Victoria for the Liberal Party.
Timothy Robert Wilson is an Australian former politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Australia who served as the Federal Member for Goldstein in the Australian House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022. Wilson served as the Chair of the Standing Committee on Economics from 2018 to 2021 and as the Assistant Minister to the Minister for Industry,Energy and Emissions Reduction from 2021 to 2022. In the 2022 Australian federal election,Wilson lost his seat to independent candidate Zoe Daniel.
The 46th Parliament of Australia was a meeting of the legislative branch of the Australian federal government,composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives. The 2019 federal election gave the Coalition of the Liberal and National Parties control of the House,originally with a three-seat majority,allowing their leader Scott Morrison to stay in office as the 30th Prime Minister of Australia. The 46th Parliament was opened in Canberra on 2 July 2019 and was dissolved by the Governor General David Hurley on 11 April 2022.
The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government,led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison,sought to win a fourth consecutive term in office but was defeated by the opposition Labor Party,led by Anthony Albanese. Up for election were all 151 seats in the lower house,the House of Representatives,as well as 40 of the 76 seats in the upper house,the Senate.
Fiona Barbouttis Martin is an Australian psychologist and former politician. She served as the member for Reid from 2019 until her defeat in 2022.
This is a list of members of the House of Representatives of the 46th Parliament of Australia (2019–2022).
The Voices for or Voices of groups are a series of loosely related political community engagement groups in Australia. Some of the groups have endorsed candidates to run as candidates in federal elections. The independence of some of the candidates endorsed by some groups has been disputed,with some candidates receiving significant funding from the Climate 200 fund backed by energy investor Simon Holmes àCourt.
Sophie Scamps is an Australian independent politician,general practitioner,and former athlete. In the 2022 Australian federal election,she was elected as the Member for Mackellar in the Australian House of Representatives as a Teal independent candidate.
Teal independents,simply known as teals and also called community independents,are a loosely-aligned group of centrist,independent or minor party politicians in Australian politics. They have been characterised as strongly advocating for increased action to mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions along with improved political integrity and accountability. They also generally share socially liberal outlooks,including on issues such as LGBT rights,and have harnessed grassroots campaigning to achieve strong swings towards them.
