Results of the Australian federal election, 2016 (Senate)

The 2016 Australian federal election in the Senate was part of a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, after an extended eight-week official campaign period. ^[1]

Alex Gallacher

Alexander McEachian Gallacher (born 1 January 1954) is an Australian politician and member of the Australian Labor Party.

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Andrew Bartlett

Andrew John Julian Bartlett (born 4 August 1964) is an Australian academic, social campaigner, and politician.

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Angry Anderson

Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson AM (born 5 August 1947) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter, television presenter-reporter and actor.

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Animal Justice Party

Animal Justice Party (AJP) is a political party in Australia representing an animal rights perspective in the Australian political arena.

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Anne McEwen (politician)

Anne McEwen (born 3 August 1954) is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor member of the Australian Senate for South Australia from 2005 to 2016.

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Anne Ruston

Anne Sowerby Ruston (born 10 June 1963), Australian politician, is a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate for South Australia since appointed on 5 September 2012 to a casual vacancy created by the parliamentary resignation of Mary Jo Fisher.

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Anne Urquhart

Anne Elizabeth Urquhart (born 18 October 1957) is an Australian politician and member of the Australian Labor Party.

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Anthony Chisholm (politician)

Anthony David Chisholm (born 24 February 1978) is an Australian Labor politician, representing Queensland in the Australian Senate since 2016.

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Arthur Sinodinos

Arthur Sinodinos (born 25 February 1957) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for New South Wales since 2011, representing the Liberal Party.

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Arts Party

The Arts Party is an international political movement, inspired by the importance of the Arts and creative action, with parties currently registered in Australia, England, Scotland and Wales.

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Australia First Party

The Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated (AFP) is an Australian far-right political party founded by Graeme Campbell and currently lead by Jim Saleam.

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Australian Christians

The Australian Christians is a political party in Australia founded in 2011.

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Australian Country Party (2004)

The Australian Country Party (ACP), previously known as the Country Alliance and the Australian Country Alliance, is a minor political party based in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Australian Cyclists Party

The Australian Cyclists Party is a minor political party in Australia.

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Australian Defence Veterans Party

The Australian Defence Veterans Party (often shortened to Veterans Party) was a minor political party which formed in Australia in 2015 to advocate for military veterans.

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Australian Equality Party (Marriage)

The Australian Equality Party (Marriage) (also AEP; formerly Australian Equality Party) was an Australian political party founded by Jason Tuazon-McCheyne.

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Australian federal election, 1987

Federal elections were held in Australia on 11 July 1987, following the granting of a double dissolution on 5 June by the Governor-General Sir Ninian Stephen.

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Australian federal election, 2016

The 2016 Australian federal election was a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, after an extended eight-week official campaign period.

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Australian Greens

The Australian Greens (commonly known as The Greens) is a green political party in Australia.

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Australian House of Representatives

The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two Houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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Australian Liberty Alliance

The Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA) is a minor right-wing political party in Australia.

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Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party

The Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party was an Australian political party from 2013 to 2017.

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Australian Progressives

The Australian Progressives is a minor Australian political party.

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Australian Recreational Fishers Party

The Australian Recreational Fishers Party was a political party in the Australian state of Tasmania.

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Australian Senate

The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.

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Barry O'Sullivan

Barry James O'Sullivan (born 24 March 1957) is an Australian politician who was appointed a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland on 11 February 2014, representing the Liberal National Party (LNP).

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Bill Shorten

William Richard Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian politician serving as Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia, in his capacity as Leader of the Australian Labor Party, after being elected party leader at the 2013 Labor leadership ballot.

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Bob Day

Robert John Day (born 5 July 1952) is an Australian former politician and businessman who was a Senator for South Australia from 1 July 2014 to 1 November 2016.

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Brian Burston

Brian Burston (born 25 February 1948) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for New South Wales since 2016, originally representing One Nation.

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Bridget McKenzie

Bridget McKenzie (born 27 December 1969) is an Australian politician who is the current deputy leader of the National Party, in office since 7 December 2017.

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Carol Brown (politician)

Carol Louise Brown (born 19 July 1963), an Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Tasmania since 25 August 2005.

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Catryna Bilyk

Catryna Louise Bilyk (born 7 February 1959) is an Australian politician.

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Centre Alliance

Centre Alliance is a centrist Australian political party primarily active in the state of South Australia.

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Chris Back

Christopher John Back (born 11 February 1950) is a former Australian politician, who was a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate for Western Australia from 2009 until his resignation in 2017.

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Chris Ketter

Christopher Ronald Ketter (born 12 February 1961) is an Australian politician representing Queensland for the Australian Labor Party in the Australian Senate from 1 July 2014, as elected at the 2013 election.

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Christian Democratic Party (Australia)

The Christian Democratic Party (CDP) is a socially conservative political party in Australia.

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Citizens Electoral Council

The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia (CEC) is a minor political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement, led by American political activist Lyndon LaRouche.

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Claire Moore

Claire Mary Moore (born 19 February 1956) is an Australian politician who has been Shadow Minister for Women, Shadow Minister for Carers, Shadow Minister for Communities and Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate since 18 October 2013.

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Coalition (Australia)

The Coalition (or Liberal–National Coalition) is an alliance of centre-right political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics.

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Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is an Act of the Australian Parliament passed in 1918 which replaced the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902, which had defined who was entitled to vote in Australian federal elections, and the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902.

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Compulsory voting

Compulsory voting refers to laws which require eligible citizens to register and vote in national and/or local elections.

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Concetta Fierravanti-Wells

Concetta Anna Fierravanti-Wells (born 20 May 1960) is an Australian politician.

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Cory Bernardi

Cory Bernardi (born 6 November 1969) is an Australian politician.

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Country Liberal Party

The Country Liberal Party (CLP), officially the Country Liberals (Northern Territory), is a conservative political party in Australia founded in 1974, which operates solely in the Northern Territory.

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CountryMinded

CountryMinded was an Australian political party between 2014 and 2018 that claimed to represent the interests of regional Australians whose livelihoods depend either directly or indirectly on agricultural production.

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Court of Disputed Returns (Australia)

The Court of Disputed Returns in Australia is a special jurisdiction of the High Court of Australia.

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Crossbencher

A crossbencher is an independent or minor party member of some legislatures, such as the British House of Lords and the Parliament of Australia.

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Danny Nalliah

Daniel "Danny" Nalliah (born 1964 accessed 29 September 2010) is a Sri Lankan Australian evangelical Christian pastor and young earth creationist.

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David Bushby

David Christopher Bushby (born 17 July 1965), Australian politician, a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since August 2007, representing the state of Tasmania.

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David Fawcett

David Julian Fawcett (born 23 October 1963, in Narrabri, New South Wales) is an Australian politician and Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate for South Australia since 2011, elected at the 2010 election.

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David Johnston (politician)

David Albert Lloyd Johnston (born 14 February 1956) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate from 2002 to 2016, representing the state of Western Australia.

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David Leyonhjelm

David Ean Leyonhjelm ("lion-helm"; born 1 April 1952) is an Australian politician who is a Senator for New South Wales, representing the Liberal Democratic Party.

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Dean Smith (Australian politician)

Dean Anthony Smith (born 15 May 1969) is an Australian politician and Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since 2012, representing Western Australia.

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Deborah O'Neill

Deborah Mary O'Neill (born 4 June 1961) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for New South Wales since 2013.

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Democratic Labour Party (Australia)

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is a political party in Australia of the labour tradition that espouses social conservatism and opposes neo-liberalism.

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Derryn Hinch

Derryn Nigel Hinch (born 9 February 1944 in New Plymouth, New Zealand) is an Australian senator for Victoria and media personality, best known for his work on Melbourne radio and television.

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Derryn Hinch's Justice Party

Derryn Hinch's Justice Party, commonly known as the Justice Party, is a political party in Australia, registered for federal elections since 14 April 2016.

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Don Farrell

Donald Edward Farrell (born 6 June 1954) is an Australian politician and a former trade union leader.

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Double dissolution

A double dissolution is a procedure permitted under the Australian Constitution to resolve deadlocks in the bicameral Parliament of Australia between the House of Representatives (lower house) and the Senate (upper house).

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Doug Cameron (politician)

Douglas Niven Cameron (born 27 January 1951) is a Scottish-born Australian politician and trade unionist.

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Drug Law Reform Australia

Drug Law Reform Australia is a deregistered political party in Australia.

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Eric Abetz

Eric Abetz (born 25 January 1958) is an Australian politician and a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since February 1994, representing the state of Tasmania.

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Family First Party

The Family First Party was a conservative political party in Australia, in existence from 2002 to 2017.

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Fiona Nash

Fiona Joy Nash (née Morton; born 6 May 1965) is a former Australian politician.

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Flux (political party)

Flux is a political movement which aims to replace the world's elected legislatures with a new system known as issue-based direct democracy (IBDD).

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Fraser Anning

William Fraser Anning (born 14 October 1949) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Queensland since 10 November 2017.

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Gavin Marshall

Gavin Mark Marshall (born 25 March 1960), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since July 2002, representing the state of Victoria.

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George Brandis

George Henry Brandis (born 22 June 1957) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who has been the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom since May 2018.

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Glenn Lazarus

Glenn Patrick Lazarus (born 11 December 1965) is a former professional rugby league footballer and a former Australian Senator.

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Glenn Sterle

Glenn Sterle (born 3 January 1960) is an Australian politician.

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Government of Australia

The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia (also referred to as the Australian Government, the Commonwealth Government, or the Federal Government) is the government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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Group voting ticket

Group voting tickets (GVTs) simplify preferential voting in elections using the single transferable vote or the alternative vote system.

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Health Australia Party

The Health Australia Party (HAP) is a registered minor political party in Australia, registered on 7 November 2013.

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Helen Polley

Helen Beatrice Polley (born 9 February 1957), an Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate, representing the state of Tasmania since 1 July 2005.

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Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party

The Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party is an Australian political party which advocates the legalisation of cannabis.

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High Court of Australia

The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia.

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Ian Macdonald (Australian politician)

Ian Douglas Macdonald (born 29 November 1945), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1990, representing Queensland.

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Jacinta Collins

Jacinta Mary Ann Collins (born 4 September 1962), is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate.

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Jacqui Lambie

Jacquiline Louise Lambie (born 26 February 1971) is an Australian politician who is the leader and founder of the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN).

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Jacqui Lambie Network

The Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) is a political party which was formed in Australia in 2015 by former Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie.

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James McGrath (Australian politician)

James McGrath (born 14 May 1974) is an Australian politician.

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James Paterson (Australian politician)

James William Paterson (born 21 November 1987) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Victoria since 2016, representing the Liberal Party.

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Jane Hume

Jane Hume (born 30 April 1971) is a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing Victoria.

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Janet Rice

Janet Elizabeth Rice (born 18 November 1960) is an Australian politician, member of the Australian Greens, former councillor and mayor of Maribyrnong, environmentalist, facilitator and one of the founding members of the Victorian Greens.

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Jason Woodforth

Jason Ross Woodforth (born 27 November 1970) is an Australian Liberal National politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Nudgee from 2012 to 2015.

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Jenny McAllister

Jennifer McAllister (born 21 February 1973) is a former President of the Australian Labor Party, and a Senator for New South Wales.

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Jim Molan

Andrew James Molan, (born 11 April 1950) is an Australian politician and former major general in the Australian Army.

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Joanna Lindgren

Joanna Maria Lindgren (born 5 November 1969) is an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Queensland from May 2015 to July 2016.

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John Madigan (Australian politician)

John Joseph Madigan (born 21 July 1966) is a former Australian politician.

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John Williams (Australian senator)

John Reginald Williams (born 16 January 1955) is an Australian politician.

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Jonathon Duniam

Jonathon Duniam (born 31 December 1982) is an Australian politician and a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Tasmania.

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Jordon Steele-John

Jordon Alexander Steele-John (born 14 October 1994) is a member of the Australian Senate representing Western Australia for the Australian Greens.

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Kado Muir

Kado Muir (born 1970 in Leonora, Western Australia) is an Australian Aboriginal artist, anthropologist and Indigenous rights activist.

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Katter's Australian Party

Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is a political party in Australia.

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Katy Gallagher

Katherine Ruth Gallagher (born 18 March 1970) is a former Australian politician, a former member of the Australian Senate, and the former Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2014, representing the electorate of Molonglo for the Australian Labor Party.

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Ken Canning

Ken Canning is a Murri activist, writer and poet, whose people are from the Kunja Clan of the Bidjara Nation in south west Queensland, Australia.

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Kerrod Walters

Kerrod Walters (born 20 October 1967) is an Australian former rugby league footballer.

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Kim Carr

Kim John Carr (born 2 July 1955) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Victoria since 1993, representing the Labor Party.

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Kristian Rees

Kristian Rees (born 6 January 1980 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a central defender.

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Larissa Waters

Larissa Joy Waters (born 8 February 1977) is an Australian former politician.

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Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia)

The Leader of the Government in the Senate (historically also known as the Leader of the Senate) is the most senior cabinet minister in the Australian Senate.

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Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Australia)

The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate is a party office held by the Opposition's most senior member of the Shadow Cabinet in the Australian Senate, elected to lead the opposition party (or parties) in the body.

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Lee Rhiannon

Lee Rhiannon (born 30 May 1951) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for New South Wales since July 1, 2011, after being elected at the 2010 federal election, representing the Australian Greens.

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Liberal Democratic Party (Australia)

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP or Liberal Democrats) is an Australian political party founded in Canberra in 2001.

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Liberal National Party of Queensland

The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a political party in Queensland, Australia.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Linda Reynolds

Linda Karen Reynolds, (born 16 May 1965) is an Australian politician.

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Lisa Singh

Lisa Maria Singh (born 20 February 1972) is an Australian politician who is a Labor Party member of the Australian Senate for Tasmania.

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Louise Pratt

Louise Clare Pratt (born 18 April 1972) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2016, and previously also from 2008 to 2014.

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Love Australia or Leave

Love Australia or Leave is an Australian political party registered for federal elections since October 2016.

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Lucy Gichuhi

Lucy Muringo Gichuhi (born 23 September 1962) is an Australian politician and a Liberal Party Senator for South Australia.

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Lynda Stoner

Lynda Stoner (born 10 September 1953) is an Australian animal rights activist and former actress.

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Malarndirri McCarthy

Malarndirri Barbara Anne McCarthy (born 19 April 1970) is an Australian politician and former journalist who has been a Senator for the Northern Territory since 2016.

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Malcolm Roberts (politician)

Malcolm Ieuan Roberts (born 3 May 1955 in India) is an Australian politician and a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation.

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Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian politician serving as the 29th and current Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Liberal Party since 2015.

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Marise Payne

Marise Ann Payne (born 29 July 1964) is an Australian politician who is currently Minister for Defence in the Turnbull Government, in office since 2015.

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Mathias Cormann

Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann (born 20 September 1970) is an Australian politician who has served as a Liberal senator for Western Australia since 2007.

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Matt Canavan

Matthew James Canavan (born 17 December 1980) is an Australian politician.

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Mature Australia Party

The Mature Australia Party was a minor political party registered for federal elections in Australia between 2014 and 2017.

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Michaelia Cash

Michaelia Clare Cash (born 19 July 1970) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since July 2008, representing the Liberal Party.

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Mitch Fifield

Mitchell Peter Fifield (born 16 January 1967) is an Australian politician.

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Murray Watt

Murray Patrick Watt (born 20 January 1973) is an Australian Labor politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from March 2009 to March 2012 and has represented Queensland in the Australian Senate since being elected at the July 2016 election.

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National Party of Australia

The National Party of Australia (also known as The Nationals or simply, The Nats) is an Australian political party.

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National Party of Australia (WA)

The National Party of Australia (WA) Inc is a political party in Western Australia.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Nicholas Gledhill

Nicholas Martin Gledhill (born 7 March 1975) is an Australian film, stage actor, voice artist, writer and choreographer.

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Nick McKim

Nicholas James McKim (born 11 June 1965) is an Australian politician, currently a member of the Australian Senate representing Tasmania.

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Nick Xenophon

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Nigel Scullion

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Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)

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Online Direct Democracy

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Opposition (Australia)

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Optional preferential voting

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Palmer United Party

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Parliament of Australia

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Pat Dodson

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Paul Stevenson

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Pauline Hanson

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Pauline Hanson's One Nation

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Penny Wong

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Peter Breen (Australian politician)

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Peter Georgiou

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Peter Whish-Wilson

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Pirate Party Australia

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Queensland

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Rachel Siewert

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Re Canavan

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Reason Party (Australia)

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Renewable Energy Party

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Richard Colbeck

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Richard Di Natale

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Ricky Muir

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Rise Up Australia Party

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Robert Simms (politician)

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Rod Culleton

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Ross Fitzgerald

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Sam Dastyari

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Sarah Hanson-Young

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Science Party (Australia)

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Scott Ludlam

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Scott Ryan (Australian politician)

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Sean Edwards (politician)

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Secular Party of Australia

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Seniors United Party of Australia

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Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party

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Simon Birmingham

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Single transferable vote

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Skye Kakoschke-Moore

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Socialist Alliance (Australia)

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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)

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South Australia

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Spoilt vote

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Stephen Conroy

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Stephen Parry (politician)

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Steve Martin (Australian politician)

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Stirling Griff

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Sue Lines

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Sundance Bilson-Thompson

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Sustainable Australia

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Tasmania

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Terence Crawford (actor)

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The Mercury (Hobart)

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Tim Storer

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Victoria (Australia)

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Voluntary Euthanasia Party

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Wes Fang

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Zed Seselja

Zdenko Matthew "Zed" Seselja (born 27 March 1977) is an Australian politician. He is the Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation since 20 December 2017. Seselja was elected to the Australian Senate as a representative of the Australian Capital Territory and member of the Liberal Party for a term which commenced on 7 September 2013. Seselja served as the Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs between July 2016 and December 2017. He was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2013. He was the territory's 12th Opposition Leader, serving in that position from December 2007 to January 2013. Seselja is of Croatian descent.

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Zhenya Wang

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