Senate of Australia

Australian Senate
45th Parliament
Type
Type	Upper house of the Parliament of Australia
Leadership
President	Stephen Parry, Liberal
Government Senate Leader	George Brandis, LNP
Manager of Government Business	Mitch Fifield, Liberal
Senate Opposition Leader	Penny Wong, Labor
Manager of Opposition Business	Katy Gallagher, Labor
Structure
Seats	76
Political groups	Government (29) Coalition      Liberal (20)      LNP (5)      National (3)      CLP (1) Opposition (26)      Labor (26) Crossbench (19)      Greens (9)      Xenophon (3)      One Nation (3)      Lambie (1)      Hinch (1)      Liberal Democrat (1)      Conservatives (1) Vacant (2)      Vacant (2)
Elections
Voting system	Single transferable vote
Last election	2 July 2016
Next election	On or before 18 May 2019
Meeting place
Senate chamber Parliament House Canberra, ACT, Australia
Website
Senate

Government (29)
Coalition
     Liberal (20)
     LNP (5)
     National (3)
     CLP (1)

Opposition (26)
     Labor (26)

Crossbench (19)
     Greens (9)
     Xenophon (3)
     One Nation (3)
     Lambie (1)
     Hinch (1)
     Liberal Democrat (1)
     Conservatives (1)

Vacant (2)
     Vacant (2)