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Events of the 46th Parliament
Throughout the duration of the 46th Parliament, Scott Morrison remained Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party, and in so doing he became the first prime minister to serve a full term without facing a leadership spill since John Howard
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the ...
(1996–2007). Deputy Prime Minister and National Party leader Michael McCormack was challenged twice by his predecessor Barnaby Joyce
Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce (born 17 April 1967) is an Australian politician who served as the 17th deputy prime minister of Australia under Malcolm Turnbull from 2016 to 2018 and under Scott Morrison from 2021 to 2022. He was the leader of the ...
, unsuccessfully in February 2020 and successfully in June 2021.
Key events during the second term and first full term of the Morrison Government included the Black Summer bushfires
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, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
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, the Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations, and the formation of the AUKUS security pact. Morrison won praise for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, including launching the National Cabinet and JobKeeper programs, but he struggled to manage the vaccination roll out and testing regime as new variants of SARS-CoV-2
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emerged. He faced further criticism for holidaying in Hawaii during the Black Summer bush fires, being accused of lying by French President Emmanuel Macron
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in the aftermath of the AUKUS agreement, and lacking ambition on climate change during COP26
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.
The opposition Labor Party elected Anthony Albanese
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as party leader unopposed, 12 days after Bill Shorten lost the May 2019 election. The Albanese-led Opposition struggled to make an impact in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. His "most significant policy announcement" before 2022 was a commitment to reduce emissions
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by 43% by 2030 under a Labor government.
Australian Greens
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leader Richard Di Natale
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resigned in February 2020, replaced by the party's only lower house MP Adam Bandt
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, who was elected unopposed. Among minor parties, controversial figure Craig Kelly resigned from the Liberal Party and became the leader of Clive Palmer's United Australia Party in 2021.
Change in party registration rules
In September 2021, legislation was passed to amend the '' Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918'' and tighten rules surrounding the registration of political parties. Changes to party registration rules were reportedly the effect of an increase of parties on the Senate ballot, which resulted in the requirement of magnifying sheets for some voters to read the ballot, and a perception that voters would be misled by names of some minor parties.
The first change was the increase of membership requirements for a party from 500 to 1,500. This resulted in the federal deregistration of non-parliamentary minor parties who could not prove they had at least 1,500 members, including the Christian Democratic Party and Democratic Labour Party in March 2022.
The second change was that parties cannot have names that were too similar to political parties registered before them. This meant that new parties are prevented from registering a party name and/or logo "too similar to an existing party's". As for existing registered parties, a party may also object to a similar name and/or logo used by another party, if the latter party was registered later than the former party. If the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is satisfied with the objection, it can uphold the objection, and the later-registered party will be registered within a month of the upholding, if an application to change the name and/or logo is not made or has been denied.
This "similar name" rule was used by the Liberal Party against the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and The New Liberals
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, with both objections upheld by the AEC. This forced The New Liberals to change its name to TNL to be registered and forced the LDP to apply to change its name to the Liberty and Democracy Party. The LDP then withdrew its name change application on 22 March 2022. As a result, on 1 April 2022, the AEC gave notice to the party that it would consider deregistering the party, giving one month for the party to appeal the notice. However, as the writs for the election were issued the following week on 11 April, the party register then would be "frozen" and this meant the party was allowed to contest the election with its current name.
The Labor Party also used the "similar name" rule against the Democratic Labour Party and the objection was upheld by the AEC, but the latter party was eventually deregistered for not meeting the membership number requirement.
Party preselection issues
Both the Labor Party and Liberal Party experienced preselection issues, where they were unable to finalise candidates for many of the seats or the Senate as late as early April 2022, less than two weeks before the election was called. This resulted in the intervention by the parties' national executives or nominated committees to select the candidates and bypassing local voting by rank-and-file members. The New South Wales state division of the Liberal Party was unable to finalise candidates for many seats by March 2022 due to the alleged failure of Morrison's representative Alex Hawke to attend internal Liberal Party nomination review committee meetings and COVID-19 complications resulting in the inability to elect the state executive in November 2020. This had forced the federal executive of the party to temporarily dissolve the state executive on two occasions (4 to 8 March, and 27 March to 2 April) under the party constitution, and set up a committee to intervene in preselection processes. The committee was made up of Morrison, New South Wales Premier
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and state party leader Dominic Perrottet
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, and former party president Chris McDiven.
While the Liberal state executive was dissolved, the committee was allowed to "hand-pick" party candidates for the election and bypass local pre-selection ballots. It endorsed the preselection of Hawke, minister Sussan Ley and backbencher Trent Zimmerman in their seats on 6 March, and endorsed candidates on 2 April for nine key seats that the party was trying to win, including Warringah, Hughes
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, Eden-Monaro, and Parramatta
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. Some party members sought to challenge the legitimacy of the committee's preselection in court, which would overturn the preselection of Hawke, Ley, Zimmerman and the other nine candidates. On 5 April, the New South Wales Court of Appeal ruled that the court had no jurisdiction to make decisions relating to the constitutions of political parties, thereby ruling the preselection of the 12 candidates valid. The legal challenge was further brought into High Court of Australia
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The High Court was established following passage of the '' Judiciary Act 1903''. ...
for appeal but was dismissed on 8 April, two days before the election was called.
The preselection process in the Victorian branch of the Labor Party had been taken over by the Labor Party National Executive in June 2020 until 2023 as a result of branch-stacking allegations within the party. Voting rights of all members were suspended and candidates would be chosen by the National Executive. In early March 2022, the Labor Senate ticket for Victoria for the May federal election had still not yet been decided. It was reported that Senators Kimberley Kitching
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and Kim Carr
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Carr is a graduate of the Un ...
might face preselection challenges and could lose preselection for the Senate ticket in the election. Kitching died from a heart attack a week later, and Carr later decided to retire from the election. On 28 March 2022, the National Executive was able to finalise two new candidates to replace Kitching and Carr, and another candidate for the Division of Holt.
Preselection issues in the Labor Party were not limited to the Victorian branch. On the same day as the replacements for Kitching and Carr were finalised, the National Executive " parachuted" Andrew Charlton
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into the Division of Parramatta in New South Wales, bypassing a local preselection with three candidates from diverse ethnic backgrounds. This prompted a backlash from local party members and the incumbent retiring Labor member for Parramatta Julie Owens.
Independents
In the 2013 federal election, the Voices for Indi organisation successfully backed independent candidate Cathy McGowan to defeat the incumbent Liberal member of parliament Sophie Mirabella
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in the Division of Indi. McGowan was reelected in 2016, retiring after two terms to be succeeded by fellow independent Helen Haines
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. McGowan's victory inspired the campaign of independent Zali Steggall in 2019, who defeated the Liberal former Prime Minister Tony Abbott in the seat of Warringah. In addition to Haines and Steggall's campaigns for reelection, the 2022 election saw the candidacy of several challengers who were in turn inspired by Steggall. Termed " teal independents" (denoting a mix of classical liberal blue and environmentalist
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green), these candidates contested in Liberal heartlands notably including Curtin, Goldstein, Kooyong, Mackellar, North Sydney and Wentworth. Each received funds from the political fundraising group Climate 200.
Electoral system
Members of the House of Representatives are elected by instant-runoff voting
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, which in Australia is known as full preferential voting. Each electorate
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elects one member.
Senators are elected by single transferable vote
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and proportional representation
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. In states senators are elected from state-wide six-member districts, and in territories from territory-wide two-member districts.
Ballots are counted at least twice, at the polling place and, starting Monday night after election day, at counting centres.
State of electorates
Redistribution
The Australian Electoral Commission 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. Demographic statistics for December 2019 released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
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on 18 June 2020 were used to calculate the determination. The population counts confirmed that the number of seats in the House of Representatives was to return to 150, with Victoria gaining a seat (39), and Western Australia (15) and the Northern Territory (1) losing a seat each.
The abolition of the Northern Territory's second seat in the determination was controversial. Labor Party senators Malarndirri McCarthy and Don Farrell put forward a private senator's bill
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which would guarantee the Northern Territory a minimum two seats in the House of Representatives, with the bill referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters.[ In July 2020, election analyst Antony Green proposed to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters that the "]harmonic mean
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method" be used to calculate the electoral representation entitlements for the territories. Green also blogged on the history of representation and its applications to states and territories in light of the 2020 redistribution and his advocacy proved persuasive.[ In October 2020, deputy prime minister Michael McCormack gave an assurance that the government and opposition would combine to overrule the AEC and maintain the Northern Territory's level of representation. The mechanism by which this would be used to achieved was unclear,] however, with Senator Mathias Cormann stating that a two-seat minimum for the territories would be legislated. Mandating a minimum number of seats for the Northern Territory but not the Australian Capital Territory was seen as potentially inequitable, though the ACT's level of representation was not under threat. A 2003 report had also recommended against adopting mandatory minimum entitlements to seats in the House of Representatives for either of the territories.
Ultimately, the Joint Standing Committee recommended "enacting a harmonic mean for allocating seats between states and territories, with appropriate public explanation to build understanding for the reform".[ The Parliament passed the ''Electoral Amendment (Territory Representation) Act'' on 9 December 2020, amending the '' Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918'' to use the harmonic mean method for determining representative entitlements for territories relative to states.] Consequently, the Northern Territory will retain two seats in the House of Representatives at the next election,[ an outcome achieved without legislating any mandatory minimum level of representation.]
In March 2021, the AEC published its proposal for this redistribution, involving the abolition of the Division of Stirling in Western Australia, the creation of the new Division of Hawke in Victoria (named for former Prime Minister Bob Hawke
Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and union organiser who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (A ...
), and the renaming of the existing Division of Corangamite to the Division of Tucker (in honour of Margaret Tucker
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, "a Yorta Yorta woman, for her significant work to create a more equal and understanding society for Aboriginal people"). When the AEC published its final determinations in June 2021, the abolition of Stirling and creation of Hawke were confirmed, but Corangamite would not be renamed to Tucker over concerns that it would be vandalised as "Fucker".
Election pendulum (House of Representatives)
Voter registration
Enrollment 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 enrollments or update of details about a week after the issue of writs for election. Enrollment is optional for 16- or 17-year-olds, but they cannot vote until they turn 18, and persons who have applied for Australian citizenship may also apply for provisional enrollment which takes effect on the granting of citizenship. A total of 17,228,900 people were enrolled to vote in the election, which meant that 96.8% of all eligible Australians were enrolled on the electoral roll.
Election date
The constitutional and legal provisions that affect the choice of the election date include:
* Section 12 of the Constitution says: "The Governor of any State may cause writs to be issued for the election of Senators for that State."
* Section 13 of the Constitution provides that the election of senators shall be held in the period of twelve months before the places become vacant.
* Section 28 of the Constitution 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." Since the 46th Parliament of Australia opened on 2 July 2019, it will expire on 1 July 2022.
* Section 32 of the Constitution 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." Ten days after 1 July 2022 is 11 July 2022.
* 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." Twenty-seven days after 11 July 2022 is 7 August 2022.
* 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." Thirty-one days after 7 August 2022 is 7 September 2022, a Wednesday.
* Section 158 of the CEA says: "The day fixed for the polling shall be a Saturday." The Saturday before 7 September 2022 is 3 September 2022, which was the latest possible date for the lower house election.
Dissolution of parliament
The election was called by Morrison on 10 April 2022, when he visited the Governor-General
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advising the latter to prorogue Parliament and dissolve the House of Representatives. The Parliament was then prorogued and the House of Representatives dissolved the next morning.
Election timeline
On 10 April 2022, the office of the Governor-General released documents relating to the calling of the election. The documents set out a timeline of key dates for the election.[
* 11 April – 9:29 am: Prorogation of the 46th Parliament
* 11 April – 9:30 am: Dissolution of the House of Representatives
* 11 April – Issue of writs
* 18 April – Close of electoral rolls
* 21 April – Close of candidate nominations
* 22 April – Declaration of nominations
* 9 May – Early voting commences
* 18 May – Close of postal vote applications
* 21 May – Polling day; commencement of terms for territory senators
* 13 June – Last day for receipt of declaration votes
* 28 June – Return of writs (last day)
* 1 July – Commencement of terms for state senators
The election period included three national ]public holidays
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: Good Friday
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(15 April), Easter Monday
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(18 April), and Anzac Day
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(25 April), as well as May Day and Labour Day
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in Northern Territory
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and Queensland
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, respectively, both falling on 2 May.
Campaign events
Leaders' debates
The first leaders' debate was held in Brisbane in front of 100 undecided voters. Moderated by Sky News reporter Kieran Gilbert, Albanese was declared the winner, with 40 votes to Morrison's 35 and 25 still undecided. The first debate had 415,000 viewers.
The second leaders' debate was held at the Nine Studios in Sydney on 8 May. The debate was moderated by ''60 Minutes
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'' journalist, Sarah Abo, with Channel 9 political editor Chris Uhlmann, Sydney Morning Herald
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chief political correspondent David Crowe and radio host Deb Knight asking questions of the leaders. The debate was broadcast nationwide on the Nine Network
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's main free-to-air
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channel, the network's streaming service 9Now, and the websites of the newspapers owned by the network: ''The Age
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'' and ''The Sydney Morning Herald
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''. The winner of the debate was to be decided through a viewer poll hosted on Channel 9's website. Although 49% of viewers preferred Albanese to be the better prime minister compared to 45% preferring Morrison, the debate was a 50–50 draw. Channel 9's moderation of the debate was subject to widespread criticism, with both Morrison and Albanese shouting over the top of one another and the moderator, and for the technical issues experienced by a web page run by Channel 9 to gather audience opinion. It was a ratings success, drawing in 641,000 viewers.
The third and final leaders' debate was held on 11 May on Channel Seven, whose political editor Mark Riley moderated the debate. To determine the winner of the debate, 150 undecided voters were surveyed in key electorates around the country. Albanese was victorious with 50% of the vote, with Morrison getting 34% of the vote, and 16% remaining undecided. Seven's debate was viewed by 811,000 people, the highest viewership of all three debates.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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(ABC) pushed for a debate on their free-to-air channel, radio, and websites in the lead-up to polling day, which Morrison refused, as well as Liberal Party federal director Andrew Hirst, who gave no explanation. Morrison and Albanese accepted a debate on Channel Seven rather than on the ABC.
Campaign
*11 April: Labor Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese
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was unable to state the cash or unemployment rates in response to a question by a journalist. The question was widely described as a 'gotcha' question, and set-off a debate about the use of such questions.
*13 April:
** Labor said they would not commit to an increase in JobSeeker Payment after the election if they win.
**A journalist asked Greens leader Adam Bandt what the current Wage Price Index was. Bandt told the journalist to "Google it mate" and criticised a focus on "basic fact checking" rather than a "contest of ideas."
*16 April:
** Albanese said he would commit to an anti-corruption watchdog should Labor win the election.
** The United Australia Party election campaign launch was held.
*19 April: A debate was held at the National Press Club
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in Canberra
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between Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia
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In the Gov ...
David Littleproud
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and Shadow Minister Julie Collins
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.
*20 April:
** Morrison continued to support his "captain's pick" to contest the seat of Warringah, Katherine Deves, despite her comments about transgender people and surrogacy
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.
** First leaders' debate in Brisbane took place in front of 100 undecided voters, with Albanese declared the winner, with 40 votes to Morrison's 35 and 25 still undecided.
*21 April: Albanese tested positive for COVID-19 and was unable to campaign in person for seven days.
*22 April: Former Liberal foreign minister Julie Bishop
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and former defence chief Chris Barrie
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criticised the Morrison government for not doing enough to stop the Solomon Islands' security pact with China.
*29 April:
**Albanese came out of COVID-19 isolation.
** The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) warns Pauline Hanson's One Nation over voter fraud
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claims in a cartoon attacking Labor. After that Social media Facebook and TikTok took down those videos from Pauline Hanson's social media accounts.
*30 April: Shadow minister Bill Shorten said Labor would hold a royal commission into Robodebt if elected.
*1 May: The Labor election campaign launch was held in Perth.
*4 May: A debate was held at the National Press Club in Canberra between Treasurer
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Josh Frydenberg and Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers
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.
*5 May:
**Pauline Hanson's One Nation party was criticised for running "ghost candidates" in several electorates, who are neither campaigning in the lead-up to the election nor have an online presence. Additionally, many do not live in the electorates they are contesting. One Nation committed to run candidates in all seats.
**A debate was held at the National Press Club in Canberra between Minister for Defence
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Peter Dutton
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and Shadow Minister Brendan O'Connor.
*8 May: Second leaders' debate took place in Sydney.
*11 May:
**Albanese said that he supported an increase of 5.1% to the minimum wage
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or an additional $1 an hour, tied to the inflation rate, with criticism from Morrison claiming that it would result in increasing interest rates.
**Third leaders' debate took place in Sydney.
*13 May: A debate was held at the National Press Club in Canberra between Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne
Marise Ann Payne (born 29 July 1964) is an Australian politician who served in the Morrison Government as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022 and as Minister for Women from 2019 to 2022. She has been a Senator for New South Wales s ...
and Shadow Minister Penny Wong
Penelope Ying-Yen Wong (born 5 November 1968) is an Australian politician who has been Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate in the Albanese Government since 2022. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), ...
.
*15 May: The Liberal election campaign launch was held in Brisbane, six days before the election, where Morrison promised to allow people to purchase their first home using funds from their superannuation
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.
*18 May:
**Albanese addressed the National Press Club. Morrison is the first prime minister since 1969 not to address the National Press Club in the final week of an election campaign.
**The Australian Bureau of Statistics
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released the March 2022 Quarter Wage Price Index of 0.7%, or 2.4% annually.
*20 May: Telephone voting rules changed to allow Australians who have tested positive with COVID-19 after 6 pm on 13 May to vote by telephone.
*21 May (Election Day): Morrison advised in a press conference that a boat with refugees from Sri Lanka had been intercepted and turned back by the Australian Border Force. Hours before polling stations close, voters across the country received a text message about the boat turnback, urging them to vote Liberal for border security. The ABC later revealed on 27 May that the act followed a direct request from the Prime Minister's Office to the Border Force in revealing the operation before it was completed.
Preferences
Political parties recommend to voters how they should rank candidates through "how-to-vote cards" distributed by campaign volunteers near polling places. Parties often make agreements between themselves about these recommendations.
The Liberal National Party of Queensland
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major political party in Queensland, Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. At a federal level and in most other ...
recommended its voters direct their preferences to One Nation in the Senate and key Queensland seats. The Greens recommended its voters direct their preferences to Labor ahead of both the Coalition
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and minor right-wing parties such as the United Australia Party and One Nation for the House of Representatives and Senate, with preferences also recommended to be directed to independents endorsed by the various Voices groups in Liberal-held seats such as Goldstein, Mackellar, North Sydney, and Wentworth.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
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One Nation had electoral success in the late 1990s, before sufferin ...
said it would recommend that voters direct their preferences to Labor in five seats— North Sydney, Goldstein, Sturt, Longman
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, and Bass
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—all held by moderate Liberals. The United Australia Party recommended its voters direct their preferences to the Coalition ahead of Labor in marginal electorates, such as Bass
Bass or Basses may refer to:
Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
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* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
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, Chisholm, Dobell Dobell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include
* Bertram Dobell (1842–1914), English bookseller, literary scholar, editor and author
*Charles Macpherson Dobell (1869–1954), Canadian soldier
*Clifford Dobell (1886–1949), British ...
, Gilmore, Hunter
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and Macquarie Macquarie may refer to: People
* Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of the British colony of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821.
* Elizabeth Macquarie Campbell, Lachlan Macquarie's second wife
Locations
* Division of Macquarie, an electoral district in th ...
, as well as all but four seats in Queensland, in addition to preferencing Liberal incumbents ahead of independent challengers in Mackellar, Wentworth, and Wannon. They also recommended its voters put incumbents last in their vote in Western Australia.
Candidates
Candidates for either house must have been formally nominated with the Electoral Commission. The nomination for a party-endorsed candidate must be signed by the Registered Officer of a party registered under the Electoral Act; 100 signatures of eligible voters are required for an independent candidate as per section 166 of the '' Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918''. A candidate can nominate for only one electorate, and must pass a number of qualifications. ''The Electoral Legislation Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2019'' came into effect on 1 March 2019. A deposit of $2,000 was required for a candidate for the House of Representatives or the Senate, which is refunded if the candidate is elected or gains at least 4% of the first preference vote. Between 10 and 27 days must be allowed after the issue of writs before the close of nominations. At the close of nominations a total of 1,624 candidates had stood for election, of which 1,203 were House of Representatives candidates and 421 were Senate candidates.
In February 2022, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation revealed a failed attempt by the Chinese government to use a proxy to finance federal Labor candidates in New South Wales
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.
The 2022 election featured the largest number of Indigenous candidates in Australian history, with four running for the Coalition, eleven for Labor, and seventeen for the Greens.
Parties
The table below lists party representation in the 46th Parliament when it was prorogued on 11 April 2022.
Retiring members
The seat of Spence (SA) was vacant following the resignation of Nick Champion (Labor) on 22 February 2022 to contest the South Australian state election. A Senate seat in New South Wales was vacant following the resignation of Kristina Keneally
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(Labor) on 11 April 2022 to contest the lower house seat of Fowler in the election. A second Senate seat in Western Australia was initially vacant at the close of nominations following the resignation on 15 April 2022 of Ben Small
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Small voice ...
(Liberal), who had discovered that he was ineligible on the grounds of dual citizenship. Having renounced his New Zealand citizenship, Small was re-appointed on 18 May 2022 and contested the election. George Christensen, previously a Nationals member, did not re-contest the seat of Dawson but ran instead for the Senate for One Nation.
The following Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators did not contest the election.
Labor
* Sharon Bird MP (Cunningham
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*Aaron Cunningham (born 1986), American baseball player
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* Adrian Cunningham (born 1960), Australian ...
, NSW) – announced retirement on 19 November 2021
* Anthony Byrne MP (Holt
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* Holt, Australian Capital Territory
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, Vic) – announced retirement on 3 March 2022
* Joel Fitzgibbon
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MP (Hunter
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, NSW) – announced retirement on 12 September 2021
* Chris Hayes MP ( Fowler, NSW) – announced retirement on 24 March 2021
* Julie Owens MP (Parramatta
Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...
, NSW) – announced retirement on 28 October 2021
* Warren Snowdon
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MP ( Lingiari, NT) – announced retirement on 10 December 2020
* Senator Kim Carr
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Carr is a graduate of the Un ...
(Vic) – announced retirement on 27 March 2022
Liberal
* John Alexander MP (Bennelong
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, NSW) – announced retirement on 12 November 2021
* Kevin Andrews MP ( Menzies, Vic) – lost preselection on 31 January 2021
* Nicolle Flint
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MP ( Boothby, SA) – announced retirement on 26 February 2021
* Greg Hunt MP ( Flinders, Vic) – announced retirement on 2 December 2021
* Steve Irons
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MP (Swan
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, WA) – announced retirement on 24 September 2021
* Andrew Laming
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MP ( Bowman, Qld) – announced retirement on 28 March 2021, disendorsed on 12 April 2021 after refusal to withdraw preselection nomination
*Christian Porter
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MP ( Pearce, WA) – announced retirement on 1 December 2021
* Tony Smith MP ( Casey, Vic) – announced retirement on 14 July 2021
*Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW) – lost preselection 26 March 2022, announced retirement 2 April 2022
Nationals
* Damian Drum
Damian Kevin Drum (born 28 July 1960) is an Australian politician who has represented Murray and Nicholls in the Australian House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election as a member of The Nationals. Drum served as the Assistant M ...
MP ( Nicholls, Vic) – announced retirement on 3 December 2021
* Ken O'Dowd MP ( Flynn, Qld) – announced retirement on 5 January 2021
Opinion polling
Newspaper endorsements
Most major Australian newspapers publish editorial endorsements in the week leading up to election day. As was the case at each of the past three elections, the majority of such editorials favoured the Coalition, with no papers having switched their endorsement from one party to another since 2019. Among the editorials supporting the Coalition were those of the two major national mastheads, ''The Australian
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'' and ''Australian Financial Review
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'' (''AFR''), and all but one of News Corp
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's capital city dailies and Sunday editions. Nine Entertainment
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Company's metropolitan dailies, such as ''The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper ...
'' and the Melbourne-based ''The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...
'', both supported Labor, replicating their 2019 stance. Outside of the major media companies, editorials published by ''The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times.
History
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'', '' The Saturday Paper'', and the '' Guardian Australia'' website opposed the Coalition; all three endorsed Labor, with the latter also supporting the Greens and teal independents.
Editors generally professed "despondency" at a perceived lack of "broad vision" on both sides, as well as a lack of attention to long-term issues like tax reform, housing affordability, stagnant productivity, and high public debt. Those endorsing the Coalition focused on Morrison's record rather than his platform. While chiding his propensity to "bulldoze his way through situations, clumsily handling issues that required a deft touch, a soft word or a steadier hand", ''The Australian'' credited Morrison's having "steered a government and his country through the most extraordinary, almost indescribably difficult period of our lifetimes", referring to low numbers of COVID-19 deaths and a strong economic recovery. The ''AFR'' contrasted this performance with a Labor "pitch dominated by talking points and unburdened by any substantial policy". Editors endorsing Labor focused on the issues of climate change and the establishment of a federal anti-corruption commission, judging the Coalition's efforts on both insufficient. For ''The Age'', "a change of government is needed to begin restoring integrity to federal politics and ... face up to the challenge of climate change."
Weekend editions
Metropolitan dailies
Online publications
Results
House of Representatives
Senate
Seats changing hands
Members in italics did not re-contest their House of Representatives seats at this election.
Maps
Aftermath and reactions
Domestic reactions
Morrison conceded defeat and resigned as leader of the Liberal Party; his successor was later decided at the next Liberal party room meeting to be Peter Dutton
Peter Craig Dutton (born 18 November 1970) is an Australian politician who has been leader of the opposition and leader of the Liberal Party since May 2022. He has represented the Queensland seat of Dickson in the House of Representatives sinc ...
; both of the two formerly contested against each other during the 2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills.
Albanese claimed victory and acknowledged Morrison's concession. He thanked his supporters, his colleagues, and his team for the win. He pledged to fulfill the promise of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, not to leave anyone behind, and to unite Australia for a better future. He promised to end the climate wars and to commit to the pledges he has made during the election campaign.
Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt
Adam Paul Bandt (born 11 March 1972) is an Australian politician and former industrial lawyer who is the leader of the Australian Greens and federal MP for Melbourne. Previously, he served as co-deputy leader of the Greens from 2012 to 2015 an ...
celebrated his party's historic three seat gains in Queensland
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, two from the Liberals and one from Labor. He called this a historic "greenslide" as he thanked a record number of people in Queensland who voted Greens for the first time in this election.
Two days after the election, Governor-General David Hurley swore in Albanese, deputy leader Richard Marles
Richard Donald Marles (born 13 July 1967) is an Australian politician serving as the 19th deputy prime minister of Australia and the Minister for Defence. He has been the deputy leader of the Labor Party since 2019 and previously served as ...
, Jim Chalmers
James Edward Chalmers (born 2 March 1978) is an Australian politician, currently serving as Treasurer of Australia since 23 May 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a member of parliament for the division ...
, and Senators Penny Wong
Penelope Ying-Yen Wong (born 5 November 1968) is an Australian politician who has been Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate in the Albanese Government since 2022. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), ...
and Katy Gallagher
Katherine Ruth Gallagher (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian politician who has been serving as the Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Minister for the Public Service and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Albanese Gover ...
as an interim five-person government. Although counting was still underway, the swearing in was expedited due to an upcoming meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. The five ministers divided all portfolios between them until the full ministry was sworn in. According to ABC News
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, Hurley would not have sworn in Albanese without assurances that Labor could provide stable government, as well as legal advice that this was the proper course of action.
At his first press conference after being sworn in, Albanese announced that he received assurances that crossbenchers Rebekha Sharkie
Rebekha Carina Sharkie ( Che;
born 24 August 1972) is an Australian politician and member of the Centre Alliance party. She is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Mayo in South Australia. At the 20 ...
, Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie, Helen Haines
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Early life and education
Haines grew up on a dairy farm in Colac in ...
, and Zali Steggall would provide supply and would not support a no-confidence motion
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against the government.
International reactions
Several world leaders issued statements congratulating Albanese on his victory.
* : Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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released an official statement congratulating Albanese on his victory.
* : Premier Li Keqiang
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sent a message congratulating Albanese on his election win, ending two years of diplomatic freeze on a ministerial level between the two countries. He stated that China is ready to work with the new government and it is in the interests of both countries to have "sound and stable relations".
* : Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama
Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama (Fijian: ʃoˈsɛia βoˈreŋɡe mbɛiniˈmarama born 27 April 1954) is a Fijian politician and former naval officer who served as the prime minister of Fiji from 2007 until 2022. A member of the FijiFirst ...
congratulated Albanese and "welcomed" his plan for the Pacific "to put climate first". Leader of the People's Alliance, Sitiveni Rabuka, also congratulated Albanese and thanked Morrison.
* : At a May 21 press conference, the then-outgoing foreign affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said: "I can't stop myself from saying that the defeat of Morrison suits me very well." He was referencing Australia's cancellation of a French–Australian submarine deal under the Morrison government. President Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...
also hinted at the deal when he called Albanese on 26 May, both vowing to "rebuild a bilateral relationship founded on trust and respect".
* : Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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sent his congratulations to Albanese, highlighting his commitment to the Australia–India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
* : President Joko Widodo
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congratulated Albanese on Twitter, saying that he looked forward to working with him on strengthening Australia–Indonesia relations
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through the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and in particular the . Subsequently, Jokowi said he was honored to have received Albanese's visit, as Albanese later visited Indonesia for his first bilateral visit after being sworn as Australia's 31st Prime Minister. In addition, Albanese accepted Jokowi's invitation to attend the 2022 G20 Bali Summit held later in 2022.
* : Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
is a Japanese politician serving as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2021. A member of the House of Representatives, he previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2017 an ...
offered Albanese his spoken congratulations for assuming the post of prime minister, and thanked Albanese for flying over to Japan promptly after the election, to attend a Quad leaders summit also featuring the leaders of India and the United States.
* : Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern congratulated Albanese, stating that she was looking forward "to working with him on a range of issues including supporting New Zealanders living in Australia, making trans-Tasman business even easier, deepening our partnership with our close friends in the Pacific, and advancing our interests on the world stage."
* : Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
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James Marape congratulated Albanese's win. He also thanked Morrison for his support for Papua New Guinea.
* : Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong sent a letter to Albanese congratulating his election win, citing their shared longstanding ties and expressed his desire to work with him to continue advancing Australia–Singapore relations.
* : Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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congratulated Albanese on Twitter
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, saying that he looks forward to working with him on strengthening Australia–United Kingdom relations
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on trade and AUKUS partnership. The leader of the UK Labour Party and opposition leader
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, Keir Starmer, congratulated Albanese for ending "almost a decade of stale conservative rule".
* : President Joe Biden called Albanese on 22 May, congratulating him and reaffirming the US' commitment towards their bilateral relationship with Australia. Ahead of the Quad summit taking place two days later, Biden appreciated Albanese's commitment towards the security alliance and his decision to participate in the summit.
Albanese also received messages of congratulations from the leaders of Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...
, Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, Italy
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, the Netherlands
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, Pakistan
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, Samoa
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, Saudi Arabia
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, the Solomon Islands
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, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, and Vietnam
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.
See also
* 2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
A leadership election of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 30 May 2022, following the defeat of the Scott Morrison government at the 2022 federal election and the resignation of Morrison as party leader. The newly elected leader woul ...
* 2022 National Party of Australia leadership spill
A leadership spill for the federal leadership of the National Party of Australia was held on 30 May 2022. The spill follows the federal election in which the Coalition, of which the Nationals form part, lost government, earlier in the same mont ...
* Post-election pendulum for the 2022 Australian federal election
* Albanese government
* Albanese ministry
Notes
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