58th Congress of the Union | |
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← 57th 59th → | |
Federation Hall | |
3 January 2017 – 6 November 2020 | |
Speakers | |
Membership | |
Members | 86 Senators 300 Representatives |
Senate Majority | None |
House Majority | Labour |
Sessions | |
1st: 3 January 2017 – present |
The Fifty-Eighth Congress of the Union is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the Cygnian Federal Government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It is scheduled to meet from 3 January 2017 to 6 November 2020, during the first term of Julia Gillard's second government. The 2016 federal elections saw Labour gain control of the House, allowing it to form a new government.
Major events
- 3 January 2017: Election of Speaker of the House. Anna Burke is elected 171–129 – a majority of 21 votes. In the Senate, Sue Lines is elected as President 50–38.
- 3 January 2017: 2017 State Opening of Congress
- 3 January 2017: Inauguration of Chancellor Julia Gillard and Vice Chancellor Tanya Plibersek.
- 2 February 2017: Chancellor Gillard introduces HR 4, which proposes amending the Marriage Act 1963 to allow 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.
- 20 June 2017: Congress passes the Marriage Amendment Act 2017, officially legalising same-sex marriage in Cygnia.
- 18 July 2017: The Clerk of the Senate is informed that co-deputy leader of the Greens Larissa Waters holds Californian citizenship by birth, rendering her ineligible for election to Congress under Section 4:4(i) of the Constitution. She resigns as a result.
- 25 July 2017: National Senator Matthew Canavan resigns from the Opposition frontbench after discovering that he was considered by Italian authorities as a citizen of Italy.
- 8 August 2017: The Senate refers Waters and Canavan to the Supreme Court, precipitating the 2017-18 Cygnian congressional eligibility crisis.
- 21 August 2018: Leader of the Opposition Malcolm Turnbull declares the leadership of the National Party vacant, precipitating a leadership spill. Turnbull wins the spill against his only rival, Peter Dutton, and he remains as Leader of the Party and of the Opposition.
- 23 August 2018: After key supporters of Turnbull, such as Senators Michaelia Cash and Matthias Cormann, withdraw their support, Turnbull announces that he will hold another leadership ballot the following day.
- 24 August 2018: Scott Morrison achieves victory in the National leadership election, and becomes the new Leader of the Opposition. Bishop consequently resigns from the deputy leadership, and a subsequent Deputy Leadership ballot elects Josh Frydenberg as the new deputy leader.
Major legislation
Enacted
- 20 June 2017: Marriage Amendment Act of 2017
Major nomination hearings
- January to April 2017: Senate held confirmation hearings for Chancellor Gillard's Secretarial nominees.
- 3–17 January 2017: Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on Virginia Bell's nomination for Chief Justice of Cygnia.
- 20 January 2017: Full Senate confirmed Bell's nomination for Chief Justice.
- 17 January–9 February 2017: Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on Ian McDonald's nomination to the Supreme Court of Cygnia.
- 20 February 2017: Full Senate confirmed McDonald's nomination to the Supreme Court.
Party summary
- Resignations and new members are discussed in the Changes in membership section, below.
Senate
Party (Shading indicates governing caucus)
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Total | ||||||||||||||
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Labour | Crossbench | National | Vacant | ||||||||||||
G | CA | ON | HJ | JL | KN | LD | CC | U | FF | I | |||||
End of previous Congress | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 86 | 0 |
Begin | 35 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 86 | 0 |
3 February 2017 | 3 | 85 | 1 | ||||||||||||
7 February 2017 | 1 | 30 | 85 | 1 | |||||||||||
27 March 2017 | 4 | 86 | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 May 2017 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 0 | |||||||||||
18 July 2017 | 8 | 85 | 1 | ||||||||||||
31 July 2017 | 29 | 84 | 2 | ||||||||||||
16 August 2017 | 30 | 85 | 1 | ||||||||||||
27 October 2017 | 3 | 29 | 83 | 3 | |||||||||||
31 October 2017 | 2 | 82 | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 November 2017 | 28 | 81 | 5 | ||||||||||||
10 November 2017 | 9 | 4 | 83 | 3 | |||||||||||
14 November 2017 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 3 | |||||||||||
22 November 2017 | 2 | 82 | 4 | ||||||||||||
22 December 2017 | 29 | 84 | 2 | ||||||||||||
15 January 2018 | 3 | 2 | 84 | 2 | |||||||||||
25 January 2018 | 34 | 83 | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 February 2018 | 28 | 82 | 4 | ||||||||||||
9 February 2018 | 3 | 29 | 84 | 2 | |||||||||||
14 February 2018 | 35 | 84 | 2 | ||||||||||||
16 February 2018 | 3 | 85 | 1 | ||||||||||||
21 March 2018 | 30 | 86 | 0 | ||||||||||||
9 May 2018 | 34 | 85 | 1 | ||||||||||||
23 May 2018 | 35 | 86 | 0 | ||||||||||||
28 May 2018 | 2 | 31 | |||||||||||||
4 June 2018 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 0 | |||||||||||
14 June 2018 | 2 | 2 | 86 | 0 | |||||||||||
18 June 2018 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 0 | |||||||||||
15 August 2018 | 9 | 86 | 0 | ||||||||||||
25 October 2018 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 0 | |||||||||||
21 January 2019 | 30 | 85 | 1 | ||||||||||||
25 January 2019 | 34 | 84 | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 March 2019 | 35 | 31 | 86 | 0 | |||||||||||
Latest voting share | 40.7% | 10.5% | 3.49% | 2.33% | 1.16% | 0.00% | 1.16% | 1.16% | 1.16% | 0.00% | 2.33% | 36.0% |
House of Representatives
Party (Shading indicates governing caucus)
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Labour | Crossbench | National | Vacant | ||||||
Greens | Centre | Unionist | Katter's | Independent | |||||
End of previous Congress | 130 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 165 | 300 | 0 |
Begin | 154 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 300 | 0 |
27 October 2017 | 140 | 299 | 1 | ||||||
11 November 2017 | 139 | 298 | 2 | ||||||
2 December 2017 | 140 | 299 | 1 | ||||||
16 December 2017 | 141 | 300 | 0 | ||||||
1 February 2018 | 153 | 299 | 1 | ||||||
17 March 2018 | 154 | 300 | 0 | ||||||
10 May 2018 | 150 | 296 | 4 | ||||||
11 May 2018 | 0 | 295 | 5 | ||||||
28 July 2018 | 154 | 1 | 300 | 0 | |||||
31 August 2018 | 140 | 299 | 1 | ||||||
20 October 2018 | 3 | 300 | 0 | ||||||
27 November 2018 | 4 | 139 | 300 | 0 | |||||
Latest voting share | 51.3% | 0.33% | 0.33% | 0.00% | 0.33% | 1.33% | 46.3% |
Leadership
Senate
- President: Sue Lines (L)
- Deputy President: Stephen Parry (N), until 2 November 2017
- Scott Ryan (N), from 13 November 2017
Government (Labour) leadership
- Leader of the Government: Penny Wong
- Deputy Leader of the Government: Don Farrell
- Government Whip: Anne Urquhart
Opposition (National) leadership
- Leader of the Opposition: Eric Abetz
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Mathias Cormann
- 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
- Conservative Senator: Cory Bernardi
- Justice Senator: Derryn Hinch
- Liberal Democrat Senator: David Leyonhjelm
- Unionist Senator: Brian Burston
- Independent Senators: Fraser Anning, Tim Storer
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Anna Burke (L)
Government (Labour) leadership
- Chancellor: Julia Gillard
- Vice Chancellor: Tanya Plibersek
- Leader of the House: Tony Burke
- Government Whip: Chris Hayes
Opposition (National) leadership
- Leader of the Opposition: Malcolm Turnbull, until 24 August 2018
- Scott Morrison, since 24 August 2018
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Julie Bishop, until 24 August 2018
- Josh Frydenberg, since 24 August 2018
- Manager of Opposition Business: Christopher Pyne
- 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, Kerryn Phelps, Julia Banks
Members
Senate
The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All of the class 1 seats were contested in the December 2016 elections.
This list is currently incomplete
Aotearoa
Auralia
Avon
Carolina
Darwin
East Georgia
Fiji
Gascoyne
Gibson
Kimberley
New Caledonia
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New Guinea
New Hebrides
New Zealand
North Albion
PapuaPilbara
Solomon IslandsSouth Albion
Tasmania
West Georgia
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Territory of Swan
- 1. Katy Gallagher (L), until 9 May 2018
- David Smith (L), from 23 May 2018
- 2. Zed Seselja (N)
House of Representatives
Under construction
State | Division | Member | Party | In office | |
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Aotearoa | Canterbury | Julia Banks | National | 2 Jul. 2016 – 27 Nov. 2018 | |
Independent | 27 Nov. 2018 – present | ||||
Gisborne | |||||
Hamilton | |||||
Napier | |||||
Nelson | |||||
Otago | |||||
Taranaki | |||||
Tauranga | |||||
Waikato | |||||
Whangarei | Hone Harawira | Labour | 3 Jan. 2017 – present | ||
Auralia | Kalgoorlie | Melissa Price | National | 3 Jan. 2013 – present | |
Avon | Barker | Tony Pasin | National | 3 Jan. 2013 – present | |
Boothby | Nicolle Flint | National | 3 Jan. 2017 – present | ||
Charlotte | Kate Ellis | Labour | 3 Jan. 2005 – present | ||
Grey | Rowan Ramsey | National | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Hindmarsh | Steve Georganas | Labour | 3 Jan. 2017 – present | ||
Kingston | Amanda Rishworth | Labour | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Makin | Tony Zappia | Labour | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Mayo | Rebekha Sharkie | Centre Alliance | 3 Jan. 2017 – 11 May 2018 | ||
28 Jul. 2018 – present | |||||
Port Charlotte | Mark Butler | Labour | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Redford | |||||
Sturt | Christopher Pyne | National | 3 Jan. 1993 – present | ||
Wakefield | Nick Champion | Labour | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Carolina | Armadale | ||||
Brand | Madeleine King | Labour | 3 Jan. 2017 – present | ||
Burt | Matt Keogh | Labour | 3 Jan. 2017 – present | ||
Canning | Andrew Hastie | National | 19 Sep. 2015 – present | ||
Chittering | |||||
Cockburn | |||||
Cowan | Anne Aly | Labour | 3 Jan. 2017 – present | ||
Curtin | Julie Bishop | National | 3 Jan. 1997 – present | ||
Darling | |||||
Disraeli | |||||
Fremantle | Josh Wilson | Labour | 3 Jan. 2017 – 10 May 2018 | ||
28 Jul. 2018 – present | |||||
Hasluck | Ken Wyatt | National | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Melville | |||||
Merredin | |||||
Moore | Ian Goodenough | National | 3 Jan. 2013 – present | ||
Narrogin | |||||
Pearce | Christian Porter | National | 3 Jan. 2013 – present | ||
Peel | |||||
Perth | Tim Hammond | Labour | 3 Jan. 2017 – 10 May 2018 | ||
Patrick Gorman | 28 Jul. 2018 – present | ||||
Stirling | Michael Keenan | National | 3 Jan. 2005 – present | ||
Swan | Steve Irons | National | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Tangney | Ben Morton | National | 3 Jan. 2017 – present | ||
York | |||||
Darwin | Alice Springs | ||||
Arnhem | |||||
Lingiari | |||||
Litchfield | |||||
Palmerston | |||||
Solomon | |||||
East Georgia | Albany | ||||
Alston | |||||
Denmark | |||||
Gladstone | |||||
Kalgan | |||||
Lockyer | |||||
Vancouver | |||||
Fiji | Cakobau | ||||
Lautoka | |||||
Mara | |||||
Gascoyne | |||||
Gibson | Fitzgerald | ||||
Keeling | |||||
Murchison | |||||
Walcott | |||||
Kimberley | |||||
New Caledonia | Leenhardt | ||||
Tjibau | |||||
New Guinea | Bougainville | ||||
Chimbu | |||||
Enga | |||||
Manus | |||||
Milne Bay | |||||
New Britain | |||||
New Ireland | |||||
Oro | |||||
Port Moresby | |||||
Sandaun | |||||
New Hebrides | At-large | Robert Bohn | Labour | 3 Jan. 2013 – present | |
New Zealand | Blair | ||||
Bonner | |||||
Bowman | |||||
Brisbane | |||||
Capricornia | |||||
Dawson | |||||
Dickson | |||||
Fadden | |||||
Fairfax | |||||
Fisher | |||||
Flynn | |||||
Forde | |||||
Griffith | |||||
Groom | |||||
Herbert | |||||
Hinkler | |||||
Kennedy | |||||
Leichhardt | |||||
Lilley | |||||
Longman | |||||
Maranoa | |||||
McPherson | |||||
Moncrieff | |||||
Moreton | |||||
Oxley | |||||
Petrie | |||||
Rankin | |||||
Ryan | |||||
Wide Bay | |||||
Wright | |||||
North Albion | Banks | David Coleman | National | 3 Jan. 2013 – present | |
Barton | Linda Burney | Labour | 3 Jan. 2017 – present | ||
Bennelong | John Alexander | National | 3 Jan. 2009 – 11 Nov. 2017 | ||
16 Dec. 2017 – present | |||||
Berowra | Julian Leeser | National | 3 Jan. 2017 – present | ||
Blaxland | Jason Clare | Labour | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Bradfield | Paul Fletcher | National | 5 Dec. 2009 – present | ||
Calare | Andrew Gee | National | 3 Jan. 2017 – present | ||
Chifley | Ed Husic | Labour | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Cook | Scott Morrison | National | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Cowper | Luke Hartsuyker | National | 3 Jan. 2001 – present | ||
Cunningham | Sharon Bird | Labour | 3 Jan. 2005 – present | ||
Dobell | |||||
Eden-Monaro | |||||
Farrer | |||||
Fowler | Chris Hayes | Labour | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Gilmore | |||||
Grayndler | |||||
Greenway | |||||
Hughes | |||||
Hume | |||||
Hunter | |||||
Kingsford Smith | |||||
Lindsay | |||||
Lyne | |||||
Macarthur | |||||
Mackellar | |||||
Macquarie | |||||
McMahon | |||||
Mitchell | |||||
New England | Barnaby Joyce | National | 3 Jan. 2013 – present | ||
Newcastle | |||||
North Sydney | |||||
Page | |||||
Parkes | |||||
Parramatta | |||||
Paterson | |||||
Reid | |||||
Richmond | |||||
Riverina | |||||
Robertson | |||||
Shortland | |||||
Sydney | Tanya Plibersek | Labour | 3 Jan. 1997 – present | ||
Warringah | Tony Abbott | National | 3 Jan. 1993 – present | ||
Watson | |||||
Wentworth | Malcolm Turnbull | National | 3 Jan. 2005 – 31 Aug. 2018 | ||
Kerryn Phelps | Independent | 20 Oct. 2018 – present | |||
Werriwa | Anne Stanley | Labour | 3 Jan. 2017 – present | ||
Whitlam | |||||
Papua | |||||
Pilbara | |||||
Solomon Islands | Honiara | ||||
Malaita | |||||
South Albion | Aston | ||||
Ballarat | |||||
Batman | |||||
Bendigo | |||||
Bruce | |||||
Calwell | |||||
Casey | |||||
Chisholm | Anna Burke | Labour | 3 Jan. 1997 – present | ||
Corangamite | |||||
Corio | |||||
Deakin | |||||
Dunkley | |||||
Flinders | |||||
Gellibrand | |||||
Gippsland | |||||
Goldstein | |||||
Gorton | |||||
Higgins | |||||
Holt | |||||
Hotham | |||||
Indi | |||||
Isaacs | |||||
Jagajaga | |||||
Kooyong | Josh Frydenberg | National | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
La Trobe | |||||
Lalor | Julia Gillard | Labour | 3 Jan. 1997 – present | ||
Mallee | |||||
Maribyrnong | Bill Shorten | Labour | 3 Jan. 2005 – present | ||
McEwen | |||||
McMIllan | |||||
Melbourne | |||||
Melbourne Ports | |||||
Menzies | |||||
Murray | |||||
Scullin | |||||
Wannon | |||||
Wills | |||||
Territory of Swan | Bean | Gai Brodtmann | Labour | 3 January 2009 – present | |
Fenner | Andrew Leigh | Labour | 3 January 2017 – present | ||
Northam | |||||
Tasmania | Bass | ||||
Braddon | |||||
Denison | |||||
Franklin | |||||
Lyons | |||||
West Georgia | Bunbury | ||||
Forrest | Nola Marino | National | 3 Jan. 2009 – present | ||
Geographe | |||||
Leeuwin | |||||
Margaret River | |||||
Primrose |
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