Australian Senate

Australian Senate
Australian Senate
Type
Type	Upper house
Leadership
President of the Senate	Slade Brockman, Liberal ; since 18 October 2021
Structure
Seats	76
Political groups	Government (35) ; Coalition ; Liberal (31); National (4); ; Opposition (26) ; Labor (26) ; ; Crossbench (15) ; Greens (9) ; One Nation (2) ; Centre Alliance (1) ; Lambie Network (1); Patrick Team (1); Independent (1)
Elections
Last election	18 May 2019
Meeting place
	Parliament House; Canberra, ACT; Australia
Website
	Australian Senate

The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Australia. The lower house is the House of Representatives. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years. But some senators have three year terms. The Senate has a lot of power from the Australian Constitution.

There are currently 76 people in the Senate.

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