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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">2022</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>On or before 17 May 2025</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">Next →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives,_2022%E2%80%932025" title="Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2022–2025">current members</a></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 150 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a><br />76 seats are needed for a majority <br /><a href="/wiki/2025_Australian_Senate_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2025 Australian Senate election">40 (of the 76) seats</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2025_Australian_federal_election" title="Opinion polling for the 2025 Australian federal election">Opinion polls</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #F00011;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -10px; width: 140px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anthony_Albanese_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Anthony Albanese portrait (cropped).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Anthony_Albanese_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Anthony_Albanese_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Anthony_Albanese_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/210px-Anthony_Albanese_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Anthony_Albanese_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/280px-Anthony_Albanese_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="795" data-file-height="1185" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0047AB;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -3px; left: -15px; width: 155px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Dutton_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Peter Dutton 2021.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Peter_Dutton_2021.jpg/155px-Peter_Dutton_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="155" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Peter_Dutton_2021.jpg/233px-Peter_Dutton_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Peter_Dutton_2021.jpg/310px-Peter_Dutton_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1432" data-file-height="1847" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #00a651;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -5px; left: -2px; width: 130px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adam-Bandt-profile-2021_(Cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Adam-Bandt-profile-2021 (Cropped).png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Adam-Bandt-profile-2021_%28Cropped%29.png/130px-Adam-Bandt-profile-2021_%28Cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Adam-Bandt-profile-2021_%28Cropped%29.png/195px-Adam-Bandt-profile-2021_%28Cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Adam-Bandt-profile-2021_%28Cropped%29.png/260px-Adam-Bandt-profile-2021_%28Cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="293" data-file-height="410" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Anthony Albanese</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Dutton" title="Peter Dutton">Peter Dutton</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Bandt" title="Adam Bandt">Adam Bandt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Liberal/National_coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal/National coalition">Liberal/National coalition</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Greens</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2019_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Australian Labor Party leadership election">30 May 2019<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2019-05-30</span>)</span></a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2022_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">30 May 2022<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2022-05-30</span>)</span></a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens_leadership_elections#2020_election" title="Australian Greens leadership elections">4 February 2020<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2020-02-04</span>)</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Grayndler" title="Division of Grayndler">Grayndler</a> (NSW) </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Dickson" title="Division of Dickson">Dickson</a> (Qld) </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Melbourne" title="Division of Melbourne">Melbourne</a> (Vic) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">77 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">58 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Current seats </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">77<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">53<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats needed </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 22 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 72 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #b50204;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 150px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -6px; width: 140px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robbie_Katter_with_hat_at_lookout_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Robbie Katter with hat at lookout (cropped).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Robbie_Katter_with_hat_at_lookout_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Robbie_Katter_with_hat_at_lookout_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Robbie_Katter_with_hat_at_lookout_%28cropped%29.jpg/210px-Robbie_Katter_with_hat_at_lookout_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Robbie_Katter_with_hat_at_lookout_%28cropped%29.jpg/280px-Robbie_Katter_with_hat_at_lookout_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="1021" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FF6300;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 150px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 140px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rebekha_Sharkie_2025.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Rebekha Sharkie 2025.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Rebekha_Sharkie_2025.png/140px-Rebekha_Sharkie_2025.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Rebekha_Sharkie_2025.png/210px-Rebekha_Sharkie_2025.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Rebekha_Sharkie_2025.png/280px-Rebekha_Sharkie_2025.png 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="539" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #DCDCDC"><div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#DCDCDC; font-size:35px;"> <b>IND</b></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Katter" title="Robbie Katter">Robbie Katter</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Rebekha_Sharkie" title="Rebekha Sharkie">Rebekha Sharkie</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Katter%27s_Australian_Party" title="Katter's Australian Party">Katter's Australian</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Centre_Alliance" title="Centre Alliance">Centre Alliance</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independents</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 February 2020 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>(de facto)</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>Not contesting</i><sup id="cite_ref-robbie_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-robbie-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Mayo" title="Division of Mayo">Mayo</a> (SA) </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 seat </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 seat </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Current seats </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Kennedy" title="Division of Kennedy">1</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Mayo" title="Division of Mayo">1</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats needed </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>N/A</i><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>N/A</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>N/A</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2025_Australian_Electoral_Map.svg" 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pre-election_pendulum_for_the_2025_Australian_federal_election" title="Pre-election pendulum for the 2025 Australian federal election">Pre-election pendulum</a></li> <li>Polling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2025_Australian_federal_election" title="Opinion polling for the 2025 Australian federal election">National</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electorate_opinion_polling_for_the_2025_Australian_federal_election" title="Electorate opinion polling for the 2025 Australian federal election">Electorate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candidates_of_the_2025_Australian_federal_election" title="Candidates of the 2025 Australian federal election">Candidates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia#Federal_parties" title="List of political parties in Australia">Political parties</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#FFF; border: 1px solid #D69D36;"> <span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0055A5">National results</span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="background: #f8f8f8"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2025_Australian_federal_election_(House_of_Representatives)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Results of the 2025 Australian federal election (House of Representatives) (page does not exist)">House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Australian_Senate_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2025 Australian Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post-election_pendulum_for_the_2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Post-election pendulum for the 2025 Australian federal election (page does not exist)">Post-election pendulum</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#FFF; border: 1px solid #D69D36;"> <span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0055A5">State and territory results</span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="background: #f8f8f8"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2025_Australian_federal_election_in_New_South_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Results of the 2025 Australian federal election in New South Wales (page does not exist)">New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2025_Australian_federal_election_in_Victoria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Results of the 2025 Australian federal election in Victoria (page does not exist)">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2025_Australian_federal_election_in_Queensland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Results of the 2025 Australian federal election in Queensland (page does not exist)">Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2025_Australian_federal_election_in_Western_Australia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Results of the 2025 Australian federal election in Western Australia 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All seats of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> (150 compared to 151 in the previous election) and 40 of the 76 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senate</a> will be contested. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Anthony Albanese</a> is expected to seek re-election to a second term for the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> <a href="/wiki/Albanese_government" title="Albanese government">government</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Liberal/National Coalition</a> under <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Australia)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Australia)">Leader of the Opposition</a> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Dutton" title="Peter Dutton">Peter Dutton</a> attempting to return to government after one term in opposition. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Previous_election">Previous election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Previous election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">2022 Australian federal election</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2022_Australian_federal_election_(House_of_Representatives)" title="Results of the 2022 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)">Results of the 2022 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2022_Australian_federal_election_(Senate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Results of the 2022 Australian federal election (Senate)">Results of the 2022 Australian federal election (Senate)</a></div> <p>At the previous election in May 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor Party</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Anthony Albanese</a>, formed government after nine years in opposition, winning 77 seats in the House of Representatives, enough for a two-seat majority. The <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National</a> <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a> that had previously governed won only 58 seats and went into <a href="/wiki/Opposition_(Australia)" title="Opposition (Australia)">opposition</a>. Meanwhile, the <a href="/wiki/Crossbencher" title="Crossbencher">crossbench</a>, made up of other parties and <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">independents</a>, expanded to 16 seats; four held by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Greens</a>, one each by <a href="/wiki/Centre_Alliance" title="Centre Alliance">Centre Alliance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Katter%27s_Australian_Party" title="Katter's Australian Party">Katter's Australian Party</a> and the remaining 10 by independents.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Senate, Labor made no gains and remained steady at 26 seats overall, whilst the Coalition lost some seats and retained only 32 seats. The Greens made gains and increased their share of seats to 12. <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson%27s_One_Nation" title="Pauline Hanson's One Nation">One Nation</a> also remained steady at 2 seats, <a href="/wiki/Centre_Alliance" title="Centre Alliance">Centre Alliance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rex_Patrick_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Rex Patrick Team">Rex Patrick Team</a> each lost their sole Senate seat, while the <a href="/wiki/Jacqui_Lambie_Network" title="Jacqui Lambie Network">Jacqui Lambie Network</a> gained a second seat. <a href="/wiki/David_Pocock" title="David Pocock">David Pocock</a> was also elected as an independent Senator, while the <a href="/wiki/United_Australia_Party_(2013)" title="United Australia Party (2013)">United Australia Party</a> also gained a Senate seat. This meant Labor required 13 additional votes to pass legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition_of_parliament">Composition of parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Composition of parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/47th_Parliament_of_Australia#Changes_in_membership" title="47th Parliament of Australia">47th Parliament of Australia § Changes in membership</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/47th_Parliament_of_Australia" title="47th Parliament of Australia">47th Parliament</a> opened on 26 July 2022. The Liberal Party entered the parliament with a new leader, with former defence and home affairs minister <a href="/wiki/Peter_Dutton" title="Peter Dutton">Peter Dutton</a> replacing the outgoing prime minister <a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 December 2022, <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">Nationals</a> MP for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Calare" title="Division of Calare">Calare</a> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Gee_(politician)" title="Andrew Gee (politician)">Andrew Gee</a> left the party and became an Independent, following the party's decision to publicly oppose an <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Voice_to_Parliament" title="Indigenous Voice to Parliament">Indigenous Voice to Parliament</a>. This meant that the Crossbench increased to 17 seats with the Coalition decreasing to 57 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 January 2023, Liberal Senator <a href="/wiki/Jim_Molan" title="Jim Molan">Jim Molan</a> died; he was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Maria_Kovacic" title="Maria Kovacic">Maria Kovacic</a> in May that year. </p><p>On 6 February 2023, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Greens</a> Senator <a href="/wiki/Lidia_Thorpe" title="Lidia Thorpe">Lidia Thorpe</a> resigned from the party to sit as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a>. </p><p>On 1 April 2023, Labor's <a href="/wiki/Mary_Doyle" title="Mary Doyle">Mary Doyle</a> won the <a href="/wiki/2023_Aston_by-election" title="2023 Aston by-election">2023 Aston by-election</a> following the resignation of sitting Liberal MP <a href="/wiki/Alan_Tudge" title="Alan Tudge">Alan Tudge</a>. The result was considered a major <a href="/wiki/Upset_(competition)" title="Upset (competition)">upset</a> and marked the first time that an incumbent government had won a seat from the Opposition since the <a href="/wiki/1920_Kalgoorlie_by-election" title="1920 Kalgoorlie by-election">1920 Kalgoorlie by-election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, Labor increased their number of seats in the House of Representatives to 78, while the Coalition decreased to 56. </p><p>In May 2023, incumbent <a href="/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland" title="Liberal National Party of Queensland">Liberal National</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Robert" title="Stuart Robert">Stuart Robert</a> resigned, triggering <a href="/wiki/2023_Fadden_by-election" title="2023 Fadden by-election">another by-election</a>, this time in the seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Fadden" title="Division of Fadden">Fadden</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland" title="Gold Coast, Queensland">Gold Coast</a>. The seat was won by Liberal National candidate <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Caldwell" title="Cameron Caldwell">Cameron Caldwell</a>, keeping the composition of the parliament unchanged. Also in May 2023, <a href="/wiki/Dai_Le" title="Dai Le">Dai Le</a>, the independent member for the seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Fowler" title="Division of Fowler">Fowler</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney" title="Greater Western Sydney">Western Sydney</a>, formed her own political party, the <a href="/wiki/Dai_Le_and_Frank_Carbone_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Dai Le and Frank Carbone Network">Dai Le and Frank Carbone Network</a>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Frank_Carbone_(politician)" title="Frank Carbone (politician)">Frank Carbone</a>, the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Fairfield#Mayor" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Fairfield">Mayor of Fairfield</a>. The party will be primarily based in Western Sydney.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 June 2023, Liberal senator <a href="/wiki/David_Van" title="David Van">David Van</a> was expelled from the party following sexual misconduct allegations by former LNP Senator <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Stoker" title="Amanda Stoker">Amanda Stoker</a> and Independent Senator <a href="/wiki/Lidia_Thorpe" title="Lidia Thorpe">Lidia Thorpe</a>, continuing his term as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a>. On 14 November 2023, following a party preselection defeat, Liberal MP <a href="/wiki/Russell_Broadbent" title="Russell Broadbent">Russell Broadbent</a> left the party to sit on the crossbench.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> November also saw <a href="/wiki/Dave_Sharma" title="Dave Sharma">Dave Sharma</a> return to parliament, this time as a Liberal Senator, after the resignation of party veteran <a href="/wiki/Marise_Payne" title="Marise Payne">Marise Payne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 December 2023, Labor MP <a href="/wiki/Peta_Murphy" title="Peta Murphy">Peta Murphy</a> died of cancer, reducing Labor to 77 seats, though the party's share was restored to 78 seats on 2 March 2024, when candidate <a href="/wiki/Jodie_Belyea" title="Jodie Belyea">Jodie Belyea</a> retained the seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Dunkley" title="Division of Dunkley">Dunkley</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2024_Dunkley_by-election" title="2024 Dunkley by-election">by-election</a>. Similarly the Liberal Party fell by one seat on 28 February 2024, when former prime minister and MP <a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a> resigned from the seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Cook" title="Division of Cook">Cook</a>, though Liberal candidate <a href="/wiki/Simon_Kennedy" title="Simon Kennedy">Simon Kennedy</a> retained the seat for the party at the <a href="/wiki/2024_Cook_by-election" title="2024 Cook by-election">April 2024 by-election.</a> </p><p>Labor Senator <a href="/wiki/Pat_Dodson" title="Pat Dodson">Pat Dodson</a> resigned from the Senate in January 2024 while undergoing cancer treatment; his vacancy was filled by <a href="/wiki/Varun_Ghosh" title="Varun Ghosh">Varun Ghosh</a>. Senator <a href="/wiki/Linda_White_(politician)" title="Linda White (politician)">Linda White</a> of Labor died in March 2024 and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Darmanin_(politician)" title="Lisa Darmanin (politician)">Lisa Darmanin</a>, while Greens senator <a href="/wiki/Janet_Rice" title="Janet Rice">Janet Rice</a> resigned the following month and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Steph_Hodgins-May" title="Steph Hodgins-May">Steph Hodgins-May</a>. Party-compositional changes occurred when Senator <a href="/wiki/Tammy_Tyrrell" title="Tammy Tyrrell">Tammy Tyrrell</a> quit the <a href="/wiki/Jacqui_Lambie_Network" title="Jacqui Lambie Network">Jacqui Lambie Network</a> to sit as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">independent</a> on 28 March 2024, and Labor senator <a href="/wiki/Fatima_Payman" title="Fatima Payman">Fatima Payman</a> left the party and joined the crossbench as an independent in July 2024, citing disagreement with the party's position concerning the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip">Israel-Gaza conflict</a>. Three months later Payman established <a href="/wiki/Australia%27s_Voice" title="Australia's Voice">Australia's Voice</a> party, stating she intended the party to field candidates in both houses of parliament at this election. The Senate composition changed once again on 25 August 2024 when Liberal National Senator <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Rennick" title="Gerard Rennick">Gerard Rennick</a> resigned from the party and moved to the crossbench to sit as an independent following a preselection defeat. Like Payman, he too announced his intention to establish a political party, named the <a href="/wiki/People_First_Party_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="People First Party (Australia)">People First Party</a>, in order to have his name featured above the line on the election ballot paper.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 January 2025, Liberal Senator <a href="/wiki/Simon_Birmingham" title="Simon Birmingham">Simon Birmingham</a> resigned from parliament. The following week, on 6 February, <a href="/wiki/Leah_Blyth" title="Leah Blyth">Leah Blyth</a> was appointed to the Senate to replace Birmingham. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Events_of_the_47th_Parliament">Events of the 47th Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Events of the 47th Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/47th_Parliament_of_Australia#Major_events_and_legislation" title="47th Parliament of Australia">47th Parliament of Australia § Major events and legislation</a></div> <p>As of February 2025, both major parties have retained their leaders throughout the duration of the 47th Parliament, with Anthony Albanese expected to have served one full term as Prime Minister and a second consecutive term as leader of the Labor Party, while Peter Dutton is on track to complete his first full term as Opposition Leader and leader of the Liberal Party. The <a href="/wiki/Albanese_ministry" title="Albanese ministry">Albanese ministry</a> was reshuffled in July 2024, followed by a minor reshuffle in January 2025, while the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_ministry_of_Peter_Dutton" title="Shadow ministry of Peter Dutton">shadow ministry of Peter Dutton</a> was reshuffled in April 2023, March 2024, and January 2025. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2023_Australian_Indigenous_Voice_referendum" title="2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum">2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum</a> featured prominently in political discourse during the first half of the parliamentary term. First proposed in the 2017 <i><a href="/wiki/Uluru_Statement_from_the_Heart" title="Uluru Statement from the Heart">Uluru Statement from the Heart</a></i>, an <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Voice_to_Parliament" title="Indigenous Voice to Parliament">Indigenous Voice to Parliament</a> was supported by the Labor Party as part of its 2022 election platform. The 'Yes' campaign in support of the Voice initially attracted some bipartisan support, including Coalition figures such as the aforementioned Andrew Gee, former Minister for Indigenous Australians <a href="/wiki/Ken_Wyatt" title="Ken Wyatt">Ken Wyatt</a>, and then-Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians <a href="/wiki/Julian_Leeser" title="Julian Leeser">Julian Leeser</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the National Party came out against the Voice in November 2022, as did the Liberal Party in April 2023. Newly elected Country Liberal Party Senator <a href="/wiki/Jacinta_Nampijinpa_Price" title="Jacinta Nampijinpa Price">Jacinta Nampijinpa Price</a>, who succeeded Leeser as Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians, took on a prominent role in the 'No' campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2023, Albanese announced the referendum would be held on 14 October 2023. 60% of voters, including a majority in all six states, voted against the proposed constitutional changes. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II">death and state funeral of Elizabeth II</a>, the long-serving head of state of Australia and other Commonwealth realms, took place in September 2022, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_Charles_III_and_Camilla" title="Coronation of Charles III and Camilla">coronation of Charles III and Camilla</a> in May 2023. Charles <a href="/wiki/2024_royal_tour_of_Australia" title="2024 royal tour of Australia">visited Australia in October 2024</a>, the first visit by a ruling monarch since 2011. Independent Senator <a href="/wiki/Lidia_Thorpe" title="Lidia Thorpe">Lidia Thorpe</a>, who had resigned from the Greens in February 2023 over disagreements regarding the proposed Voice to Parliament, attracted significant media attention for shouting at Charles during an event at Parliament House in Canberra.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war_protests_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel–Hamas war protests in Australia">Israel–Hamas war protests in Australia</a> began in October 2023; responses to the war, particularly among local <a href="/wiki/Australian_Jews" title="Australian Jews">Jewish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Australia" title="Islam in Australia">Muslim</a> communities, were perceived as a significant threat to peaceful discourse in Australia. Incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia also increased, prompting the government to appoint three "special envoys": in July 2024, <a href="/wiki/Jillian_Segal" title="Jillian Segal">Jillian Segal</a> as Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, and Labor MP <a href="/wiki/Peter_Khalil" title="Peter Khalil">Peter Khalil</a> as Special Envoy for Social Cohesion; and in September 2024, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aftab_Malik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aftab Malik (page does not exist)">Aftab Malik</a> as Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Climate change also remained a prominent issue, partly due to the impact of natural disasters, including the <a href="/wiki/2022_south_eastern_Australia_floods" title="2022 south eastern Australia floods">2022 south eastern Australia floods</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Australian_bushfire_season" title="2023–24 Australian bushfire season">2023–24 Australian bushfire season</a>, which led to seven deaths and ten deaths respectively, as well as <a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Jasper" title="Cyclone Jasper">Cyclone Jasper</a>, which caused significant property damage in Far North Queensland in December 2023. </p><p>Changes to government infrastructure included: the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/National_Anti-Corruption_Commission_(Australia)" title="National Anti-Corruption Commission (Australia)">National Anti-Corruption Commission</a> in July 2023; the launch of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Housing_Australia_Future_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Housing Australia Future Fund (page does not exist)">Housing Australia Future Fund</a> in November 2023;<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the replacement of the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_Appeals_Tribunal" title="Administrative Appeals Tribunal">Administrative Appeals Tribunal</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_Review_Tribunal" title="Administrative Review Tribunal">Administrative Review Tribunal</a> in October 2024; and the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Online_Safety_Amendment" title="Online Safety Amendment">Online Safety Amendment</a> Bill in November 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_standings">Current standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Current standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Parties are listed according to their vote share at the last federal election </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Affiliation</th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House</a></th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Results of the<br /><a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">2022 election</a></th> <th>As of<br />13 February 2025 </th> <th>Change </th> <th>Results of the<br /><a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">2022 election</a></th> <th>As of<br />13 February 2025 </th> <th>Change </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F00011"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a></td> <td>77</td> <td>77</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td> <td>26</td> <td>25</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00557C"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a></td> <td>58</td> <td>53</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5</td> <td>32</td> <td>30</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00a651"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">The Greens</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#f36c21"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson%27s_One_Nation" title="Pauline Hanson's One Nation">One Nation</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFED00"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Australia_Party_(2013)" title="United Australia Party (2013)">United Australia</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#b50204"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katter%27s_Australian_Party" title="Katter's Australian Party">Katter's Australian</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF6300"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centre_Alliance" title="Centre Alliance">Centre Alliance</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffcb08"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacqui_Lambie_Network" title="Jacqui Lambie Network">Lambie Network</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#91073D"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia%27s_Voice" title="Australia's Voice">Australia's Voice</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independents</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>10</td> <td>13</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=""></td> <td>Vacant<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Total seats</td> <td colspan="3">151</td> <td colspan="3">76 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_system">Electoral system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Electoral system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of the House of Representatives are elected by full <a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">preferential voting</a>. Each <a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">electorate</a> elects one member. </p><p>Senators are elected by <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a> and <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>. In states senators are elected from state-wide twelve-member districts (although in most cases only six seats are contested at a single election), and in territories from territory-wide two-member districts. </p><p>Ballots are counted at least twice, at the polling place and, starting Monday night after election day, at counting centres.<sup id="cite_ref-aec-house_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aec-house-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aec-sen_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aec-sen-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Redistribution">Redistribution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Redistribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives</a> and <a href="/wiki/Redistribution_(Australia)" title="Redistribution (Australia)">Redistribution (Australia)</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission" title="Australian Electoral Commission">Australian Electoral Commission</a> is required, one year after the first sitting day for a new House of Representatives, to determine the number of members to which each State and Territory is entitled. If the number in any state changes, a redistribution will be required in those states. A redistribution will be postponed if it would begin within one year of the expiration of the House of Representatives. </p><p>The apportionment determination was made in July 2023 based on the population figures for December 2022. The determination resulted in a reduction of one seat in New South Wales to 46, a reduction of one seat in Victoria to 38 and an increase of one seat in Western Australia to 16. The total number of seats in the House of Representatives will decrease from 151 to 150 at the 2025 federal election.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May and June 2024, the Australian Electoral Commission released its draft proposals for electorate changes, recommending the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bullwinkel" title="Division of Bullwinkel">Division of Bullwinkel</a> (Western Australia) in the outer eastern suburbs of <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>, and the abolition of the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Higgins" title="Division of Higgins">Division of Higgins</a> (Victoria) in Melbourne's inner south-east (held by Labor's <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Ananda-Rajah" title="Michelle Ananda-Rajah">Michelle Ananda-Rajah</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_North_Sydney" title="Division of North Sydney">Division of North Sydney</a> (New South Wales) in Sydney's inner north-east (held by <a href="/wiki/Teal_independent" class="mw-redirect" title="Teal independent">teal independent</a> <a href="/wiki/Kylea_Tink" title="Kylea Tink">Kylea Tink</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the commission proposed altering the boundaries of several seats in all three states. </p><p>The Western Australia and Victoria-based changes were confirmed by the commission on 5 September 2024,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the new boundaries gazetted on 24 September<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 17 October<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> respectively. The New South Wales changes were confirmed on 12 September<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were gazetted on 10 October 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Antony_Green" title="Antony Green">Antony Green</a>, some of the more significant changes to existing electorates included: the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hasluck" title="Division of Hasluck">Division of Hasluck</a>, losing much of its area to the new seat of Bullwinkel and shifting westwards into Perth's northeastern suburbs;<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Melbourne, the Divisions of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Melbourne" title="Division of Melbourne">Melbourne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Wills" title="Division of Wills">Wills</a> moving to the south, and the Divisions of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Chisholm" title="Division of Chisholm">Chisholm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Menzies" title="Division of Menzies">Menzies</a> moving westwards;<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Riverina" title="Division of Riverina">Division of Riverina</a> shifting south-east and losing the towns of <a href="/wiki/Parkes,_New_South_Wales" title="Parkes, New South Wales">Parkes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forbes,_New_South_Wales" title="Forbes, New South Wales">Forbes</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hume" title="Division of Hume">Division of Hume</a> losing the majority of its area in the south, including the city of <a href="/wiki/Goulburn" title="Goulburn">Goulburn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was also a small adjustment to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a>'s two federal electorates, with the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Solomon" title="Division of Solomon">Division of Solomon</a> gaining some of the eastern suburbs of <a href="/wiki/Palmerston,_Northern_Territory" title="Palmerston, Northern Territory">Palmerston</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Lingiari" title="Division of Lingiari">Division of Lingiari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2024 a redistribution in Tasmania (due to seven years passing since the day of the last determination) was deferred as it would begin within one year of the expiration of the House of Representatives and is set to commence within 30 days after the first meeting of the House of Representatives in the 48th Parliament after the election.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voter_registration">Voter registration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Voter registration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Enrolment of eligible voters is compulsory. Voters must notify the AEC within 8 weeks of a change of address or after turning 18. The electoral rolls are closed for new enrolments or update of details about a week after the issue of <a href="/wiki/Writ_of_election#Australia" title="Writ of election">writs for election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CEAs155_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CEAs155-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Enrolment is optional for 16 or 17-year-olds, but they cannot vote until they turn 18,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and persons who have applied for Australian citizenship may also apply for provisional enrolment which takes effect on the granting of citizenship.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_date">Election date</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Election date"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Electoral_system_of_Australia#Election_day" title="Electoral system of Australia">Electoral system of Australia § Election day</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election type </th> <th>Earliest date </th> <th>Latest date </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Double_dissolution" title="Double dissolution">Double dissolution</a><br />(requires trigger) </td> <td> </td> <td>29 March 2025 (No longer possible) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#efefef;"> <p>Simultaneous half-Senate and House of Representatives </p> </td> <td rowspan="2">29 March 2025 </td> <td rowspan="2">17 May 2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#efefef;">Half-Senate </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#efefef;">House of Representatives </td> <td> </td> <td>27 September 2025 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The election of senators must take place within one year before the terms expire for half-Senate elections,<sup id="cite_ref-CoAs13_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CoAs13-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so that the writs for a half-Senate election cannot be issued earlier than 1 July 2024. Since campaigns are for a minimum of 33 days, as of 18 February 2025<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the earliest possible date for a simultaneous House/half-Senate election is Saturday, 29 March 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-Timetable_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Timetable-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latest that a half-Senate election could be held must allow time for the votes to be counted and the writs to be returned before the newly elected senators take office on 1 July 2025. The previous election's writs were returned on 24 June 2022, 34 days after the 2022 federal election.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Using this time frame, the last possible date for a half-Senate election to take place is Saturday 17 May 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-NewTimetable_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewTimetable-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Double_dissolution" title="Double dissolution">double dissolution</a> (a deadlock-breaking provision to dissolve both houses of parliament) cannot be called within six months before the date of the expiry of the House of Representatives.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That means that any double dissolution of the 47th Parliament would have had to be granted by 24 January 2025. Allowing for the same stages indicated above, the last <i>possible</i> date for a double dissolution election would have been 29 March 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-NewTimetable_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewTimetable-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This can only occur if a bill that passes the House of Representatives is rejected by the Senate twice, at least three months apart. </p><p>The constitutional and legal provisions which impact on the choice of election dates include:<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-green_date_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-green_date-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Section_12_of_the_Constitution_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Section 12 of the Constitution of Australia">Section 12 of the Constitution</a> says: "The Governor of any State may cause writs to be issued for the election of Senators for that State."<sup id="cite_ref-CoAs12_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CoAs12-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_13_of_the_Constitution_of_Australia" title="Section 13 of the Constitution of Australia">Section 13 of the Constitution</a> provides that the election of senators shall be held in the period of twelve months before the places become vacant.<sup id="cite_ref-CoAs13_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CoAs13-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_28_of_the_Constitution_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Section 28 of the Constitution of Australia">Section 28 of the Constitution</a> says: "Every House of Representatives shall continue for three years from the first sitting of the House, and no longer, but may be sooner dissolved by the Governor-General."<sup id="cite_ref-CoAs28_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CoAs28-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the 47th Parliament of Australia opened on 26 July 2022, it will expire on 25 July 2025.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_32_of_the_Constitution_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Section 32 of the Constitution of Australia">Section 32 of the Constitution</a> says: "The writs shall be issued within ten days from the expiry of a House of Representatives or from the proclamation of a dissolution thereof."<sup id="cite_ref-CoAs32_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CoAs32-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ten days after 25 July 2025 is 4 August 2025.</li> <li>Section 156(1) of the CEA says: "The date fixed for the nomination of the candidates shall not be less than 10 days nor more than 27 days after the date of the writ."<sup id="cite_ref-CEAs156_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CEAs156-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twenty-seven days after 4 August 2025 is 31 August 2025.</li> <li>Section 157 of the CEA says: "The date fixed for the polling shall not be less than 23 days nor more than 31 days after the date of nomination."<sup id="cite_ref-CEAs157_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CEAs157-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thirty-one days after 31 August 2025 is 1 October 2025, a Wednesday.</li> <li>Section 158 of the CEA says: "The day fixed for the polling shall be a Saturday."<sup id="cite_ref-CEAs158_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CEAs158-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Saturday before 1 October 2025 is 27 September 2025, which is the latest possible date for the lower house election.</li></ul> <p>On 5 September 2024, during former leader of the Labor Party and current <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_National_Disability_Insurance_Scheme" title="Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme">Minister for National Disability Insurance Scheme</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Government_Services" title="Minister for Government Services">Government Services</a> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Shorten" title="Bill Shorten">Bill Shorten</a>'s announcement of his impending resignation, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Anthony Albanese</a> suggested that he may schedule the election to be held at a date later than Shorten's departure from Parliament in February 2025, while noting that the election is due by May 2025. In November 2024, while announcing candidates for the election, Albanese told reporters that it would be called in April or earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Which would be around the same time Scott Morrison called the 2022 Australian federal election<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign">Campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early January 2025, both Albanese and Dutton made public appearances interpreted by the media as "unofficial" campaign launches. Albanese visited electorates in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dutton gave a speech in Melbourne where he launched the Liberal party slogan for the campaign, "Let's get Australia back on track", and focused on the topics of nuclear power, housing, and immigration.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Candidates_of_the_2025_Australian_federal_election" title="Candidates of the 2025 Australian federal election">Candidates of the 2025 Australian federal election</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retiring_members">Retiring members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Retiring members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The seats of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hinkler" title="Division of Hinkler">Hinkler</a> (Queensland) and <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Maribyrnong" title="Division of Maribyrnong">Maribyrnong</a> (Victoria) will be vacant at the federal election following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Keith_Pitt" title="Keith Pitt">Keith Pitt</a> (Nationals) and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Shorten" title="Bill Shorten">Bill Shorten</a> (Labor) on 19 and 20 January 2025 respectively, and no by-elections will be held for the seats owing to their proximity to the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Labor">Labor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Labor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Burney" title="Linda Burney">Linda Burney</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Barton" title="Division of Barton">Barton</a>, NSW) – announced retirement on 25 July 2024<sup id="cite_ref-ABCretirement_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCretirement-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(Australian_politician)" title="Stephen Jones (Australian politician)">Stephen Jones</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Whitlam" title="Division of Whitlam">Whitlam</a>, NSW) – announced retirement on 30 January 2025<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mitchell_(politician)" title="Brian Mitchell (politician)">Brian Mitchell</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Lyons" title="Division of Lyons">Lyons</a>, Tas) – announced retirement on 15 November 2024<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_O%27Connor_(politician)" title="Brendan O'Connor (politician)">Brendan O'Connor</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Gorton" title="Division of Gorton">Gorton</a>, Vic) – announced retirement on 25 July 2024<sup id="cite_ref-ABCretirement_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCretirement-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Perrett" title="Graham Perrett">Graham Perrett</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Moreton" title="Division of Moreton">Moreton</a>, Qld) – announced retirement on 22 August 2024<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Vamvakinou" title="Maria Vamvakinou">Maria Vamvakinou</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Calwell" title="Division of Calwell">Calwell</a>, Vic) – announced retirement on 9 June 2024<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Senator <a href="/wiki/Catryna_Bilyk" title="Catryna Bilyk">Catryna Bilyk</a> (Tas) – announced retirement on 22 November 2024<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Senator <a href="/wiki/Louise_Pratt" title="Louise Pratt">Louise Pratt</a> (WA) – announced retirement on 20 February 2024<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liberal">Liberal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Liberal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Andrews" title="Karen Andrews">Karen Andrews</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_McPherson" title="Division of McPherson">McPherson</a>, Qld) – announced retirement on 18 April 2023<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Entsch" title="Warren Entsch">Warren Entsch</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Leichhardt" title="Division of Leichhardt">Leichhardt</a>, Qld) – announced retirement on 9 April 2023<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Fletcher_(politician)" title="Paul Fletcher (politician)">Paul Fletcher</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bradfield" title="Division of Bradfield">Bradfield</a>, NSW) – announced retirement on 10 December 2024<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nola_Marino" title="Nola Marino">Nola Marino</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Forrest" title="Division of Forrest">Forrest</a>, WA) – announced retirement on 4 December 2023<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Pearce" title="Gavin Pearce">Gavin Pearce</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Braddon" title="Division of Braddon">Braddon</a>, Tas) – announced retirement on 11 June 2024<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowan_Ramsey" title="Rowan Ramsey">Rowan Ramsey</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Grey" title="Division of Grey">Grey</a>, SA) – announced retirement on 25 March 2024<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Senator <a href="/wiki/Linda_Reynolds" title="Linda Reynolds">Linda Reynolds</a> (WA) – announced retirement on 12 February 2024<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nationals">Nationals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Nationals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Coulton" title="Mark Coulton">Mark Coulton</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Parkes" title="Division of Parkes">Parkes</a>, NSW) – announced retirement on 25 March 2024<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gillespie_(Australian_politician)" title="David Gillespie (Australian politician)">David Gillespie</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_Lyne" title="Division of Lyne">Lyne</a>, NSW) – announced retirement on 19 October 2024<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independent">Independent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Independent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kylea_Tink" title="Kylea Tink">Kylea Tink</a> MP (<a href="/wiki/Division_of_North_Sydney" title="Division of North Sydney">North Sydney</a>, NSW (abolished)) – announced retirement on 7 December 2024<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polling">Opinion polling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Opinion polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2025_Australian_federal_election" title="Opinion polling for the 2025 Australian federal election">Opinion polling for the 2025 Australian federal election</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_vote">Primary vote</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Primary vote"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_primary.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_primary.svg/880px-Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_primary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="880" height="528" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_primary.svg/1320px-Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_primary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_primary.svg/1760px-Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_primary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Local_regression" title="Local regression">Local regression</a> graph of polls conducted since the 2022 election</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Two-party_preferred">Two-party preferred</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Two-party preferred"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_two_party_preferred.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_two_party_preferred.svg/880px-Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_two_party_preferred.svg.png" decoding="async" width="880" height="571" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_two_party_preferred.svg/1320px-Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_two_party_preferred.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_two_party_preferred.svg/1760px-Australian_federal_election_polling_-_48th_parliament_-_two_party_preferred.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="487" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Local_regression" title="Local regression">Local regression</a> graph of polls conducted since the 2022 election</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia" title="List of political parties in Australia">List of political parties in Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Labor gained the seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Aston" title="Division of Aston">Aston</a> from the Liberals at <a href="/wiki/2023_Aston_by-election" title="2023 Aston by-election">a by-election in April 2023</a>. The seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Maribyrnong" title="Division of Maribyrnong">Maribyrnong</a> became vacant in January 2025 following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Shorten" title="Bill Shorten">Bill Shorten</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In December 2022, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Gee_(politician)" title="Andrew Gee (politician)">Andrew Gee</a> (MP for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Calare" title="Division of Calare">Calare</a>) left the National Party and became an independent. In April 2023, the Liberal Party lost the seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Aston" title="Division of Aston">Aston</a> to Labor at <a href="/wiki/2023_Aston_by-election" title="2023 Aston by-election">a by-election</a>. In November 2023, <a href="/wiki/Russell_Broadbent" title="Russell Broadbent">Russell Broadbent</a> (MP for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Monash" title="Division of Monash">Monash</a>) left the Liberal Party following his <a href="/wiki/Preselection" title="Preselection">preselection</a> loss and sat as an independent. In January 2025, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Goodenough" title="Ian Goodenough">Ian Goodenough</a> (MP for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Moore" title="Division of Moore">Moore</a>) left the Liberal Party following a preselection loss and sat as an independent. The seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hinkler" title="Division of Hinkler">Hinkler</a> became vacant in January 2025 following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Keith_Pitt" title="Keith Pitt">Keith Pitt</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-robbie-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-robbie_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Katter" title="Robbie Katter">Robbie Katter</a> is the party leader but currently serves as the member for <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Traeger" title="Electoral district of Traeger">Traeger</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Queensland Legislative Assembly">Queensland Legislative Assembly</a> and is not expected to contest the federal election.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Though parties registered with the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission" title="Australian Electoral Commission">Australian Electoral Commission</a> can field candidates in any division they wish, the Katter's Australian Party usually only fields candidates in certain Queensland divisions. Thus it is impossible for the party to gain a majority in Parliament.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Though parties registered with the Australian Electoral Commission can field candidates in any division they wish, the Centre Alliance party usually only fields candidates in certain South Australian divisions. Thus it is impossible for the party to gain a majority in Parliament.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Independent candidates run as individuals and therefore do not form a majority government.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes <a href="/wiki/David_Pocock" title="David Pocock">David Pocock</a>, who was elected on an Independent Senate Platform for the ACT, however for ballot purposes, he registered an eponymous party for which he was one of 2 candidates.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hinkler" title="Division of Hinkler">Division of Hinkler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Maribyrnong" title="Division of Maribyrnong">Division of Maribyrnong</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Australian_federal_election&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2022/results">"Australian Federal Election 2022 Live Results"</a>. <i>ABC News</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521011310/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2022/results">Archived</a> from the original on 21 May 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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