The overall Senate result sees a significant shift away from the Coalition. 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. 2 Lidia Thorpe replaced Richard Di Natale on 4 September 2020 following Di Natale's resignation. The six other crossbench seats were 2 One Nation, 2 Jacqui Lambie Network, 1 United Australia Party, and 1 independent (David Pocock). [72][73] Consequently, the Northern Territory will retain two seats in the House of Representatives at the next election,[72] an outcome achieved without legislating any mandatory minimum level of representation. He promised to end the climate wars and to commit to the pledges he has made during the election campaign. [59][60], The Australian Electoral Commission is required, one year after the first sitting day for a new House of Representatives, to determine the number of members to which each State and Territory is entitled. Follow live updates in our Australia election blog, In this election there are two key policies dividing the Coalition, Labor party, Greens and 'teal' independents. [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 Greens won three additional seats in the Senate, thereby gaining the balance of power in the upper house; two senators from every state were Greens as a result of this election. She joined the Liberal Democratic Party on 8 April 2022. [90] At the close of nominations a total of 1,624 candidates had stood for election, of which 1,203 were House of Representatives candidates and 421 were Senate candidates. To pass Legislation Labor will need the support of the Greens and one crossbench Senator. Help us deliver the high-quality news and intelligent analysis Australia needs. The Coalition remained the largest parliamentary grouping in the Senate, despite their defeat in the House of Representatives. [57] Termed "teal independents" (denoting a mix of classical liberal blue and environmentalist green), these candidates contested in Liberal heartlands notably including Curtin, Goldstein, Kooyong, Mackellar, North Sydney and Wentworth. Albanese was sworn in as Prime Minister on 23 May 2022, becoming the fourth Labor leader to win government from opposition since World War II, after Gough Whitlam in 1972, Bob Hawke in 1983, and Kevin Rudd in 2007. It endorsed the preselection of Hawke, minister Sussan Ley and backbencher Trent Zimmerman in their seats on 6 March, and endorsed candidates on 2 April for nine key seats that the party was trying to win, including Warringah, Hughes, Eden-Monaro, and Parramatta. [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. Senators Nita Green (Labor), Susan McDonald (Liberal National), Gerard Rennick (Liberal National), Malcolm Roberts (One Nation), Paul Scarr (Liberal National) and Larissa Waters (Greens) were not up for re-election. [23][24] Morrison won praise for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, including launching the National Cabinet and JobKeeper programs, but he struggled to manage the vaccination roll out and testing regime as new variants of SARS-CoV-2 emerged. We are expecting a record number of people to vote in the two weeks of pre-polling for this 2022 election to avoid queues at polling booths. Saying they were inspired by the policies of old Labor, the party wants to start a public bank at post offices, repeal the prohibition on nuclear power, wants a dramatic increase to health resourcing and a moratorium on house and farm foreclosures. It also wants to remove fluoride from drinking water, promote alternative therapies, legalise medical cannabis nationwide and pause the rollout of 5G technology. Running in: NSW, Queensland, SA, Victoria and WA in the House and Senate. Senators are elected by single transferable vote and proportional representation. [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. A candidate can nominate for only one electorate, and must pass a number of qualifications. It was reported that Senators Kimberley Kitching and Kim Carr might face preselection challenges and could lose preselection for the Senate ticket in the election. [79], Enrollment of eligible voters is compulsory. Running in: the Senate in SA, NSW, Victoria, WA and QLD. 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, the Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese. Looking at candidates in the race, Liberal Marise Payne and Labor's Jenny McAllister and Deborah O'Neill will be re-elected. But your ballot papers will also be full of candidates representing parties you might not know much or anything about. 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. This meant that new parties are prevented from registering a party name and/or logo "too similar to an existing party's". 40 of the 76 Senate seats are being decided at this election. Led by the controversial former One Nation senator Rod Culleton. The Australian Labor Party achieved a majority government for the first time since 2007, winning 77 seats in the House of Representatives. Our candidates will be listed as groups, but without. Running in: the Senate and lower house seats in Victoria, WA, SA, Queensland and NSW. She wants to lower donation caps and introduce real-time disclosure, boost local manufacturing and start an inquiry into Chinese foreign interference. A comprehensive archive of federal elections statistics since 1901, and state and territory statistics since 1990. [176] The AFR contrasted this performance with a Labor "pitch dominated by talking points and unburdened by any substantial policy". It was a ratings success, drawing in 641,000 viewers. . The AEC counting Senate votes. GreenLidia Thorpe Liberal NationalSarah Henderson Liberal NationalBridget Mckenzie Liberal NationalGreg Mirabella New LiberalJonathon Momsen IndependentAran Mylvaganam Latest 2022 Senatorial polls The party believes in Modern Monetary Theory, and publishes declarations of political donations they receive. Running in: the Senate in NSW, Queensland and WA. United Australia Party (UAP) also want to increase the age pension, enact more generous rules for mining and freeze fuel excises. ABC News Homepage. [19] A by-election was not held for his seat of Spence as it would be too close to the federal election. 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. The seat of Spence (SA) was vacant following the resignation of Nick Champion (Labor) on 22 February 2022 to contest the South Australian state election. Running on a similar revolutionary platform to the national Socialist Alliance including scrapping the GST and increasing taxation on the rich and corporations, lifting welfare payments to at least $1,500 a fortnight and nationalising the banks the party also calls for governments to pursue a long-term Covid elimination strategy. From 2010 to 2021, Craig Kelly was a member of the Liberal Party. This was a "dodgy" preselection. "[177], Members in italics did not re-contest their House of Representatives seats at this election. Membership is FREE and open to Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people To join our party, and help make a difference in Indigenous lives in Australia, click on button below and complete the quick and easy form Our GOAL is to have more First Nation voices IN Government. [42][43], Both the Labor Party and Liberal Party experienced preselection issues, where they were unable to finalise candidates for many of the seats or the Senate as late as early April 2022, less than two weeks before the election was called. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning. The 2022 Australian election campaign has been running since 10 May, with Scott Morrison leading the Coalition as the incumbents opposed by the Labor party, led by Anthony Albanese. In addition to Haines and Steggall's campaigns for reelection, the 2022 election saw the candidacy of several challengers who were in turn inspired by Steggall. [52], The preselection process in the Victorian branch of the Labor Party had been taken over by the Labor Party National Executive in June 2020 until 2023 as a result of branch-stacking allegations within the party. Ballots are counted at least twice, at the polling place and, starting Monday night after election day, at counting centres. Immoral? Among the editorials supporting the Coalition were those of the two major national mastheads, The Australian and Australian Financial Review (AFR), and all but one of News Corp's capital city dailies and Sunday editions. The fledgling party says it aims to end poverty, homelessness and the climate emergency, and dismantle corruption. [106] Seven's debate was viewed by 811,000 people, the highest viewership of all three debates. Although 49% of viewers preferred Albanese to be the better prime minister compared to 45% preferring Morrison, the debate was a 5050 draw. [64] A 2003 report had also recommended against adopting mandatory minimum entitlements to seats in the House of Representatives for either of the territories. The terms of state senators elected on that date commenced on 1 July 2022. 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