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President of the Senate

Senate · Australia

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How it's filled

In plain words
Chosen by the Senate from among its members
Exact method
Chosen by the Senate from among its members (Constitution s 17).
Chosen by
Senate
Seats
1
Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked (+1 more)

Who holds it now

Sources

  • en.wikipedia.org · checked 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
  • legislation.gov.au · checked 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: President of the Senate
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked 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, current term
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked 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, current term

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