Members of the Australian Senate, 2025–2028

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Members of the Australian Senate, 2025–2028
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Composition (Current)

Government (29)

  •   Labor (29)

Opposition (27)
Coalition

Crossbench (20)


  1. ↑ Including two Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators and one Country Liberal Party senator who sit in the Liberal party room.
  2. ↑ Including two Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators who sit in the National party room.
  3. ↑
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This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2025 Australian federal election held on 3 May 2025. [1] Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states begin on 1 July 2025. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of the election, 3 May 2025. [2] [a] [c]

Contents

Leadership

Presiding officers

OfficePartyOfficerStateSince
President of the Senate   Labor Sue Lines WA 26 July 2022
Deputy President and Chair of Committees   Liberal Slade Brockman WA 22 July 2025

Government leadership

Opposition leadership

List of senators

SenatorPartyState/TerritoryEnd termYears in officeRef
Penny Allman-Payne (cropped).jpg Penny Allman-Payne
(born 1970)		  Greens Queensland 20282022–present [3]
Labor Placeholder.png Michelle Ananda-Rajah
(born 1972)		  Labor Victoria 20312025–present [4]
Alex Antic.jpg Alex Antic
(born 1974)		  Liberal South Australia 20312019–present [5]
Liberal Placeholder.png Wendy Askew
(born 1963)		  Liberal Tasmania 20282019–present [6]
Deputy Secretary Sherman Meets with Australia Assistant Minister for Trade and Manufacturing Ayres (52271371677) (cropped).jpg Tim Ayres
(born 1973)		  Labor New South Wales 20312019–present [7]
Ralph Babet.png Ralph Babet
(born 1983)		  United Australia Victoria 20282022–present [8]
PHON Placeholder.png Sean Bell [b]
(born 1986/1987)		  One Nation New South Wales 20312025–present [9]
Liberal Placeholder.png Leah Blyth   Liberal South Australia 20282025–present [10]
Headshot of Senator Andrew Bragg, Parliament House Canberra, ACT.jpg Andrew Bragg
(born 1984)		  Liberal New South Wales 20312019–present [11]
Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library 2023 (Brockman cropped).png Slade Brockman
(born 1970)		  Liberal Western Australia 20312017–present [12]
Carol Brown.jpg Carol Brown
(born 1963)		  Labor Tasmania 20312005–present [13]
Nationals Placeholder.png Ross Cadell
(born 1969)		  National New South Wales 20282022–present [14]
Matt Canavan.jpg Matt Canavan
(born 1980)		  Liberal National   [d] Queensland 20282014–present [15]
Michaelia Cash March 2014.jpg Michaelia Cash
(born 1970)		  Liberal Western Australia 20282008–present [16]
Claire Chandler at the BOM Hobart Observing Operations Hub Opening 2021 (cropped).png Claire Chandler
(born 1990)		  Liberal Tasmania 20312019–present [17]
Anthony Chisholm.jpg Anthony Chisholm
(born 1978)		  Labor Queensland 20282016–present [18]
Senator Raff Ciccone Nov 2021.png Raff Ciccone
(born 1983)		  Labor Victoria 20312019–present [19]
Richard Colbeck.jpg Richard Colbeck
(born 1958)		  Liberal Tasmania 20312002–2016, 2018–present [20]
Liberal Placeholder.png Jessica Collins   Liberal New South Wales 20312025–present [21]
Dorinda Cox (2022) (Cropped).jpg Dorinda Cox
(born 1976)		  Labor Western Australia 20282021–present [22]
Labor Placeholder.png Lisa Darmanin   Labor Victoria 20282024–present [23]
Labor Placeholder.png Josh Dolega   Labor Tasmania 20282025–present [24]
Labor Placeholder.png Richard Dowling
(born 1983)		  Labor Tasmania 20312025–present [25]
Senator Jonathon Duniam.jpg Jonathon Duniam
(born 1982)		  Liberal Tasmania 20282016–present [26]
Senator Don Farrell crop.jpg Don Farrell
(born 1954)		  Labor South Australia 20282008–2014, 2016–present [27]
Mehreen-Faruqi-2019.jpg Mehreen Faruqi
(born 1963)		  Greens New South Wales 20312018–present [28]
Katy Gallagher 2022.jpg Katy Gallagher
(born 1970)		  Labor Australian Capital Territory 20282015–2018, 2019–present [29]
Labor Placeholder.png Varun Ghosh
(born 1985)		  Labor Western Australia 20312024–present [30]
Labor Placeholder.png Nita Green
(born 1983)		  Labor Queensland 20312019–present [31]
Karen Grogan at the PIRA Federal Election Forum 02.jpg Karen Grogan
(born 1967)		  Labor South Australia 20312021–present [32]
Pauline Hanson 2017 05 (cropped).jpg Pauline Hanson
(born 1954)		  One Nation Queensland 20282016–present [33]
Sarah-Hanson-Young-2019.jpg Sarah Hanson-Young
(born 1981)		  Greens South Australia 20312008–present [34]
Senator sarah henderson 2019.jpg Sarah Henderson
(born 1964)		  Liberal Victoria 20282019–present [35]
Steph Hodgins-May.jpg Steph Hodgins-May
(born 1985)		  Greens Victoria 20312024–present [36]
Jane Hume Business Envoy.jpg Jane Hume
(born 1971)		  Liberal Victoria 20312016–present [37]
Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library 2023 (Kovacic cropped).png Maria Kovacic
(born 1970)		  Liberal New South Wales 20282023–present [38]
Lambie 2017 (cropped).png Jacqui Lambie
(born 1971)		  Lambie Tasmania 20312014–2017, 2019–present [39]
Kerrynne Liddle 2019.jpg Kerrynne Liddle
(born 1967)		  Liberal South Australia 20282022–present [40]
Sue Lines 2017-02-23.JPG Sue Lines
(born 1953)		  Labor Western Australia 20282013–present [41]
Jenny McAllister.jpg Jenny McAllister
(born 1973)		  Labor New South Wales 20282015–present [42]
Malarndirri McCarthy PMC 2022.jpg Malarndirri McCarthy
(born 1970)		  Labor Northern Territory 20282016–present [43]
LNP Placeholder.png Susan McDonald
(born 1970)		  Liberal National   [d] Queensland 20312019–present [44]
McGrathphoto b.jpg James McGrath
(born 1974)		  Liberal National   [e] Queensland 20282014–present [45]
Bridget McKenzie 2019.jpg Bridget McKenzie
(born 1969)		  National Victoria 20282011–present [46]
NickMcKim2019.jpg Nick McKim
(born 1965)		  Greens Tasmania 20312015–present [47]
McLachlan Profile.jpg Andrew McLachlan
(born 1966)		  Liberal South Australia 20282020–present [48]
Labor Placeholder.png Corinne Mulholland
(born 1987)		  Labor Queensland 20312025–present [49]
Deborah O'Neill - Portrait.jpg Deborah O'Neill
(born 1961)		  Labor New South Wales 20282013–present [50]
Senator Matt O'Sullivan addressing National Prayer Breakfast at the Parliament of Australia, November 2013.jpg Matt O'Sullivan
(born 1978)		  Liberal Western Australia 20312019–present [51]
James Paterson (cropped).jpg James Paterson
(born 1987)		  Liberal Victoria 20312016–present [52]
Dai Le Fatima Payman Circles (cropped).jpg Fatima Payman
(born 1995)		  Australia's Voice Western Australia 20282022–present [53]
Barbara Pocock (cropped).jpg Barbara Pocock
(born 1955)		  Greens South Australia 20282022–present [54]
David Pocock park (cropped).jpg David Pocock
(born 1988)		  Independent Australian Capital Territory 20282022–present [55]
Senator Helen Polley.jpg Helen Polley
(born 1957)		  Labor Tasmania 20282005–present [56]
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price at CPAC launch.jpg Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
(born 1981)		  Country Liberal   [f] Northern Territory 20282022–present [57]
Malcolm Roberts 2020.jpg Malcolm Roberts
(born 1955)		  One Nation Queensland 20312016–2017, 2019–present [58]
Anne Ruston portrait.jpg Anne Ruston
(born 1963)		  Liberal South Australia 20312012–present [59]
LNP Placeholder.png Paul Scarr
(born 1969)		  Liberal National   [e] Queensland 20312019–present [60]
Dave Sharma (1).jpg Dave Sharma
(born 1975)		  Liberal New South Wales 20282023–present [61]
COSBOA National Small Business Summit 2023 (cropped).png Tony Sheldon
(born 1961)		  Labor New South Wales 20312019–present [62]
David Shoebridge MLC, 2019.png David Shoebridge
(born 1971)		  Greens New South Wales 20282022–present [63]
Senator Dean Smith (cropped).jpg Dean Smith
(born 1969)		  Liberal Western Australia 20282012–present [64]
Labor Placeholder.png Marielle Smith
(born 1986)		  Labor South Australia 20312019–present [65]
PHON Placeholder.png Warwick Stacey [b]
(born 1952)		  One Nation New South Wales 20312025–2025 [66]
Jordon-Steele-John-2019 (cropped).jpg Jordon Steele-John
(born 1994)		  Greens Western Australia 20312017–present [67]
Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library 2023 (Sterle cropped).png Glenn Sterle
(born 1960)		  Labor Western Australia 20282005–present [68]
Jana Stewart 2019.jpg Jana Stewart
(born 1987)		  Labor Victoria 20282022–present [69]
Lidia Thorpe 2020.png Lidia Thorpe
(born 1973)		  Independent Victoria 20282020–present [70]
Tammy Tyrrell 2024.jpg Tammy Tyrrell
(born 1970)		  Independent Tasmania 20282022–present [71]
Charlotte Walker speaking at an event on 16 September 2025 - 13.jpg Charlotte Walker
(born 2004)		  Labor South Australia 20312025–present [72]
JWHeadshotCrop.jpg Jess Walsh
(born 1971)		  Labor Victoria 20312019–present [73]
Larissa Waters 2019.png Larissa Waters
(born 1977)		  Greens Queensland 20312011–2017, 2018–present [74]
Murray Watt 2022.png Murray Watt
(born 1973)		  Labor Queensland 20282016–present [75]
SenatorWhishWilson.jpg Peter Whish-Wilson
(born 1968)		  Greens Tasmania 20282012–present [76]
Ellie Whiteaker in 2023.jpg Ellie Whiteaker   Labor Western Australia 20312025–present [77]
PHON Placeholder.png Tyron Whitten
(born 1971)		  One Nation Western Australia 20312025–present [78]
Penny Wong DFAT official (cropped).jpg Penny Wong
(born 1968)		  Labor South Australia 20282002–present [79]

Changes of composition

Party composition

Over the course of the 48th Parliament, changes in membership resulted in changes to party composition, which are summarised below.

AffiliationParty
(shading shows control)
TotalVacant
GRN ALP IND JLN LPA NPA ON UAP PFP AV
End of previous Parliament 1026412552111760
Begin (22 July 2025)10293123441—1760
19 August 20253751
18 September 20254760
Latest voting share %13.1638.163.951.3235.535.261.32—1.32

Membership changes

This table lists senators who have resigned, died, been elected or appointed, or otherwise changed their party affiliation during the 48th Parliament.

SeatBeforeChangeAfter
MemberPartyTypeDateDateMemberParty
New South Wales Warwick Stacey One Nation Resignation [80] 19 August 202518 September 2025 Sean Bell One Nation

Notes

  1. ↑ The terms of senators from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory end on the next dissolution of the House of Representatives.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Warwick Stacey resigned on 19 August 2025. Sean Bell was appointed to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2025.
  3. ↑ The changes to the composition of the Senate, in chronological order, were: Stacey resigned; [b] Bell was appointed as Stacey's replacement; [b]
  4. 1 2 Member of the LNP who sits with the National Party.
  5. 1 2 Member of the LNP who sits with the Liberal Party.
  6. ↑ Member of the CLP who sits with the Liberal Party.

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