58th Cygnian Congress (Joan of What?)

The Fifty-Seventh Congress of the Union is the current meeting of the of the, composed of the  and the. It is scheduled to meet from 23 January 2017 to 23 January 2021, during the term of 's. The maintained  control of both the House and the Senate.

Major events

 * 23 January 2017: Election of . is re-elected 284–196 – a majority of 44 votes. In the Senate,  is re-elected as  81–3
 * 23 January 2017:
 * 23 January 2017: of Chancellor  and Vice Chancellor.
 * 29 January 2017: Congress passes the, which set in motion the procedures for a on legalising same-sex marriage.
 * 25 March 2017: Congress authorises expanded deployment in the Middle East in order to combat Islamic State as well as the government forces of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
 * 28 April 2017: Senator Anne Ruston switched from the National Unity Party to the Democratic Labour Party.
 * 20 June 2017: Congress passes the, officially legalising same-sex marriage in Cygnia.
 * 7 July 2017: President of the Senate John Hogg resigns from the presidency. is elected to replace him.
 * 23 January 2018:

Enacted

 * 29 January 2017:
 * 20 June 2017:

Major nomination hearings

 * January to April 2017: Senate held confirmation hearings for Chancellor Gillard's Secretarial nominees
 * 13–16 July 2017: Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on 's appointment to the.

Party summary

 * Resignations and new members are discussed in the Changes in membership section, below.

Senate



 * (DLP)
 * , until 2 November 2017
 * (NUP), from 13 November 2017

Government (Democratic Labour) leadership

 * Deputy Leader of the Government:
 * Government Whip: Anne Urquhart
 * Government Whip: Anne Urquhart

Opposition (Unitarian) leadership

 * Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Mathias Cormann
 * Opposition Whip: David Bushby
 * Opposition Whip: David Bushby

Crossbench membership

 * Leader of the Greens: Richard Di Natale
 * Leader of the Centre Alliance: Stirling Griff
 * Leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation: Pauline Hanson
 * Katter's National Senator: Fraser Anning
 * Liberal Democrat Senator: David Leyonhjelm
 * Palmer United Senator: Brian Burston
 * Conservative Senator: Cory Bernardi
 * Independent Senator: Tim Storer

Government (Democratic Labour) leadership

 * Tony Burke
 * Government Whip: Chris Hayes
 * Tony Burke
 * Government Whip: Chris Hayes

Opposition (Unitarian) leadership

 * Deputy Leader of the Opposition:
 * Christopher Pyne
 * Opposition Whip: Nola Marino
 * Opposition Whip: Nola Marino

Crossbench membership

 * Greens Representative: Adam Bandt
 * Katter's National Representative: Bob Katter
 * Centre Alliance Representative: Rebekha Sharkie
 * Independents: Cathy McGowan, Andrew Wilkie

Senate
The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All of the class 1 seats were contested in the.

This list is currently incomplete

Auralia

 * 1. Linda Reynolds (NUP)
 * 1. Zhenya Wang (NUP)
 * 2. Chris Back (NUP)
 * 2. Bill Heffernan (NUP)

Campbell

 * 1. Bob Day (CD), until 1 November 2016
 * Michael Allison (DLP), from 7 April 2017
 * 1. (DLP)
 * 2. (DLP)
 * 2. (DLP), until 30 January 2015
 * Alex Gallacher (DLP), from 7 July 2015

The Capes

 * 1. (DLP)
 * 1. Joe Bullock (DLP), until 2 May 2016
 * Pat Dodson (DLP), from 3 May 2016
 * 2. Rachel Siewert (Greens)
 * 2. Fiona Nash (NUP)

East Java

 * 1. Ali Masykur Musa (NUP)
 * 1. Marie Muhammad (NUP), until 11 December 2016
 * Achmad H. Muzadi (NUP), from 11 January 2017

Gascoyne

 * 1. (DLP)
 * 1. Michaelia Cash (NUP)
 * 2. Glenn Sterle (DLP)
 * 2. Dean Smith (NUP)

Jayakarta

 * 1. Muhamad C. Basri (DLP)
 * 1. Rachmawati Sukarnoputri (DLP)
 * 2. Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana (DLP)
 * 2. Rano Karno (DLP)

Kaleep

 * 1. Brett Mason (NUP), until 21 May 2015
 * Joanna Lindgren (NUP), from 22 May 2015
 * 1. Nova Peris (DLP), until 29 August 2016
 * Malarndirri McCarthy (DLP), from 30 August 2016
 * 2. George Brandis (NUP)
 * 2. Matthew Canavan (NUP)

Kimberley

 * 1. Simon Birmingham (NUP)
 * 1. Cory Bernardi (Liberal)
 * 2. David Fawcett (NUP)
 * 2. Sean Edwards (NUP)

New Cambridgeshire

 * 1. Marise Payne (NUP)
 * 1. David Leyonhjelm (NUP)
 * 2. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NUP)
 * 2. Arthur Sinodinos (NUP)

Peel

 * 1. John Faulkner (DLP), until 6 May 2015
 * Jenny McAllister (DLP), from 7 May 2015
 * 1. Sam Dastyari (DLP)
 * 2. Lee Rhiannon (Greens)
 * 2. Deborah O'Neill (DLP)

Pilbara

 * 1. Michael Ronaldson (NUP), until 9 March 2016
 * James Paterson (NUP), from 10 March 2016
 * 1. Scott Ludlam (Greens)
 * 2. (DLP), until 25 October 2015
 * (NUP), from 26 October 2015
 * 2. (Greens)

Samudra

 * 1. R. E. Nainggolan (DLP)
 * 1. Antasari Azhar (DLP)
 * 2. H. S. Dillon (DLP)
 * 2. Faisal Basri (DLP)

Singapore

 * 1. Ellen Lee (NUP)
 * 1. Lui Tuck Yew (NUP)
 * 2. Raymond Lim (NUP)
 * 2. Christopher Souza (NUP)

West Java

 * 1. Bambang Brodjonegoro (DLP)
 * 1. Eros Djarot (DLP)
 * 2. Juwono Sudarsono (DLP)
 * 2. Ananda S. Perdana (DLP)

West Kimberley

 * 1. David Bushby (NUP)
 * 1. Christine Milne (Greens), until 19 August 2015
 * Nick McKim (Greens), from 20 August 2015
 * 2. Anne Urquhart (DLP)
 * 2. (NUP)

Bali

 * 2. Dewa Made Beratha

Swanstone

 * 1. Kate Lundy (DLP), until 25 March 2015
 * Katy Gallagher (DLP), from 26 March 2015
 * 2. Zed Seselja (NUP)