Senate

Sources

• aph.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Parliament of Australia website, read 2026-10-12: chamber names and websites. For: Senate
• legislation.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, compilation on legislation.gov.au, cited 2026-10-12 (legislation.gov.au was unreachable from the loader so the section references are from the standard text, not re-read this run; the Constitution text is at aph.gov.au/constitution): Parliament (Ch I), Executive (Ch II), Judicature (Ch III); names and structure of the Parliament, Government and High Court. For: Senate
• aph.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Parliament of Australia, current Members and Senators search results, read 2026-10-12: seat counts 150 and 76 match the lists (150 members, 76 senators). For: Senator
• legislation.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, cited 2026-10-12 (legislation.gov.au was unreachable from the loader so the section references are from the standard text, not re-read this run; the Constitution text is at aph.gov.au/constitution): office, size and method of selection (ss 7, 24, 35, 17, 61-64, 72). For: Senator, President of the Senate
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia fallback, read 2026-10-12: Speaker/President of the Senate; the official sites could not be fetched; cross-check against Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2025-2028 and Members of the Australian Senate, 2025-2028. For: President of the Senate
• aph.gov.au · checked Oct 12, 2026 Parliament of Australia, current Senators list, read 2026-10-12: who holds the seat and their party. Start dates (Wikipedia fallback: Members of the Australian Senate 2025-2028 and 48th Parliament membership changes; Wikidata P39): 2025-07-01 for the class elected in 2025, 2022-07-01 for the class elected in 2022, the fill date for casual vacancies; left empty where not sourced (territory senators, Dave Sharma). For: David Pocock as Senator, Australian Capital Territory, Katy Gallagher as Senator, Australian Capital Territory, Andrew Bragg as Senator, New South Wales, Dave Sharma as Senator, New South Wales, David Shoebridge as Senator, New South Wales and 71 more
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia, Senate of Peru / Chamber of Deputies of Peru, read 2026-10-12: presiding officers. Fallback: Wikipedia, official sites did not state the presidency. For: Sue Lines as President of the Senate
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia fallback, read 2026-10-12: Speaker (Milton Dick) and President of the Senate (Sue Lines), in office since 26 July 2022 per Wikipedia member-list pages; both re-elected to the 48th Parliament. For: Sue Lines as President of the Senate
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia, Next Australian federal election, read 2026-10-12: latest possible dates (House 23 Sep 2028, half-Senate 20 May 2028) derived from Constitution s 28 and the Electoral Act 1918 s 156. Fallback: no election date has been announced by the AEC; confirm at aec.gov.au. For: General election, May 20, 2028