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47th Parliament of Australia
The 47th Parliament of Australia was a meeting of the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Australia, composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives. The May 2022 federal election gave the Australian Labor Party control of the House, with 77 seats, enough for a two-seat majority government. Labor gained an additional seat at the Aston by-election in April 2023, thereby increasing its majority to three seats for much of the remainder of the term. Following the election, Labor leader Anthony Albanese became the 31st Prime Minister of Australia, and was sworn in by the Governor-General David Hurley on 23 May 2022. The 47th Parliament opened in Canberra on 26 July 2022. The term ended on 28 March 2025, when the House of Representatives was dissolved and parliament was prorogued by Governor-General Sam Mostyn, in preparation for the 2025 federal election.
By January 2024, there had been 118 instances of MPs being ejected from the House of Representatives during Question Time, with 93% of these ejections involving male MPs. Notable frequent offenders include Coalition spokesperson Michael Sukkar and Liberal backbencher Tony Pasin. The Albanese government, despite its commitment to improving parliamentary conduct, delayed the establishment of an Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission (IPSC) to address such issues until at least October 2024, as stated by Public Service Minister Katy Gallagher.
The 47th Parliament of Australia had a historically high representation of women; women made up 38% of the House of Representatives and 57% of the Senate, the highest on record for both chambers. In terms of representation, Indigenous members accounted for 9.6 per cent of the 76 Senate seats, and 1.9 per cent of 151 House of Representatives seats.
Despite these advancements, Parliament did not fully mirror the Australian population. Women, who held a slight majority in the general population, were still underrepresented in Parliament. The average age of MPs was higher than the national median of 38. Representation of culturally diverse backgrounds was also limited, with only 6.6% of MPs having non-European ancestry compared to 23% of the general population, and 4.4% of MPs having Asian heritage versus 18% of Australians. Indigenous representation had increased, with eight Indigenous senators and three Indigenous MPs, totaling 4.8% of the Parliament, which was higher than the Indigenous population percentage of 3.3%. Despite these advances, Australia's parliamentary representation continued to lag behind countries such as Canada and New Zealand in terms of gender and cultural diversity.
The Liberal Party's representation of women had declined, with only 9 seats compared to 13 in the previous parliament. In contrast, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's cabinet was the most diverse in Australian history, featuring 10 women out of 23 cabinet ministers, with several holding prominent positions such as Penny Wong in foreign affairs and Linda Burney as the first female Indigenous cabinet minister.
The Senate included 32 men and 44 women, the most women to date.
There were 58 women in the House, the largest number in history, with 19 of these being first-term Members of Parliament (MPs). Three members were LGBTQ+; Stephen Bates, Angie Bell and Julian Hill. Four members; Mark Dreyfus, Josh Burns, Mike Freelander and Julian Leeser identified as Jewish. Labor members Ed Husic and Anne Aly became the first two Muslim federal ministers.
40 of the 76 seats in the upper house were contested in the election in May 2022. The class of senators elected in 2022 are denoted with an asterisk (*).
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47th Parliament of Australia
The 47th Parliament of Australia was a meeting of the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Australia, composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives. The May 2022 federal election gave the Australian Labor Party control of the House, with 77 seats, enough for a two-seat majority government. Labor gained an additional seat at the Aston by-election in April 2023, thereby increasing its majority to three seats for much of the remainder of the term. Following the election, Labor leader Anthony Albanese became the 31st Prime Minister of Australia, and was sworn in by the Governor-General David Hurley on 23 May 2022. The 47th Parliament opened in Canberra on 26 July 2022. The term ended on 28 March 2025, when the House of Representatives was dissolved and parliament was prorogued by Governor-General Sam Mostyn, in preparation for the 2025 federal election.
By January 2024, there had been 118 instances of MPs being ejected from the House of Representatives during Question Time, with 93% of these ejections involving male MPs. Notable frequent offenders include Coalition spokesperson Michael Sukkar and Liberal backbencher Tony Pasin. The Albanese government, despite its commitment to improving parliamentary conduct, delayed the establishment of an Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission (IPSC) to address such issues until at least October 2024, as stated by Public Service Minister Katy Gallagher.
The 47th Parliament of Australia had a historically high representation of women; women made up 38% of the House of Representatives and 57% of the Senate, the highest on record for both chambers. In terms of representation, Indigenous members accounted for 9.6 per cent of the 76 Senate seats, and 1.9 per cent of 151 House of Representatives seats.
Despite these advancements, Parliament did not fully mirror the Australian population. Women, who held a slight majority in the general population, were still underrepresented in Parliament. The average age of MPs was higher than the national median of 38. Representation of culturally diverse backgrounds was also limited, with only 6.6% of MPs having non-European ancestry compared to 23% of the general population, and 4.4% of MPs having Asian heritage versus 18% of Australians. Indigenous representation had increased, with eight Indigenous senators and three Indigenous MPs, totaling 4.8% of the Parliament, which was higher than the Indigenous population percentage of 3.3%. Despite these advances, Australia's parliamentary representation continued to lag behind countries such as Canada and New Zealand in terms of gender and cultural diversity.
The Liberal Party's representation of women had declined, with only 9 seats compared to 13 in the previous parliament. In contrast, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's cabinet was the most diverse in Australian history, featuring 10 women out of 23 cabinet ministers, with several holding prominent positions such as Penny Wong in foreign affairs and Linda Burney as the first female Indigenous cabinet minister.
The Senate included 32 men and 44 women, the most women to date.
There were 58 women in the House, the largest number in history, with 19 of these being first-term Members of Parliament (MPs). Three members were LGBTQ+; Stephen Bates, Angie Bell and Julian Hill. Four members; Mark Dreyfus, Josh Burns, Mike Freelander and Julian Leeser identified as Jewish. Labor members Ed Husic and Anne Aly became the first two Muslim federal ministers.
40 of the 76 seats in the upper house were contested in the election in May 2022. The class of senators elected in 2022 are denoted with an asterisk (*).
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