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| Senate terms: Derryn Hinch and Greens' Lee Rhiannon given three years | Senate terms: Derryn Hinch and Greens' Lee Rhiannon given three years |
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| The Coalition and Labor have agreed on the allocation of six and three-year Senate terms following the double dissolution election, with Lee Rhiannon of the Greens and Derryn Hinch from Victoria missing out on longer office. | The Coalition and Labor have agreed on the allocation of six and three-year Senate terms following the double dissolution election, with Lee Rhiannon of the Greens and Derryn Hinch from Victoria missing out on longer office. |
| The finance minister, Mathias Cormann, said on Friday that the first six senators elected in every state should be given six-year terms, and Labor senator Penny Wong has agreed. | The finance minister, Mathias Cormann, said on Friday that the first six senators elected in every state should be given six-year terms, and Labor senator Penny Wong has agreed. |
| “This is a function of how many votes and how many preferences you are able to attract,” Cormann told Sky News. | “This is a function of how many votes and how many preferences you are able to attract,” Cormann told Sky News. |
| Related: Derryn Hinch threatens legal action if he is relegated to three-year Senate term | Related: Derryn Hinch threatens legal action if he is relegated to three-year Senate term |
| “If you are elected in the first six out of 12 it stands to reason that you were elected earlier, and as such you qualify for the longer period.” | “If you are elected in the first six out of 12 it stands to reason that you were elected earlier, and as such you qualify for the longer period.” |
| Wong told Guardian Australia that Labor agreed with the Coalition’s proposal: “Labor will support the government’s proposal to allocate senators’ terms of office according to the order in which senators were elected in each state,” Wong said. | Wong told Guardian Australia that Labor agreed with the Coalition’s proposal: “Labor will support the government’s proposal to allocate senators’ terms of office according to the order in which senators were elected in each state,” Wong said. |
| “This is consistent with the Senate’s previous practice following double dissolution elections and reflects the will of the voters.” | “This is consistent with the Senate’s previous practice following double dissolution elections and reflects the will of the voters.” |
| It means the last six senators in every state will be up for re-election within three years. | It means the last six senators in every state will be up for re-election within three years. |
| Malcolm Turnbull’s double-dissolution election meant the Senate needs to determine which senators are on a three-year term and which are on a six-year term, in order to fall back into the usual election pattern. | Malcolm Turnbull’s double-dissolution election meant the Senate needs to determine which senators are on a three-year term and which are on a six-year term, in order to fall back into the usual election pattern. |
| There are two counting methods available for the Senate. | There are two counting methods available for the Senate. |
| The first, which has been used historically in double dissolutions, sees the first six of 12 state senators in every state receive the six-year terms and the remainder appointed for three years. | The first, which has been used historically in double dissolutions, sees the first six of 12 state senators in every state receive the six-year terms and the remainder appointed for three years. |
| The second is a Hawke government reform, known as section 282, which creates a second Senate count to allocate positions that more closely replicate a half-Senate election. | The second is a Hawke government reform, known as section 282, which creates a second Senate count to allocate positions that more closely replicate a half-Senate election. |
| With the Coalition and Labor in agreement, it means first counting method will be used. | With the Coalition and Labor in agreement, it means first counting method will be used. |
| Rhiannon and Hinch had been pushing for the alternative method because it would have given them a chance of claiming six-year senate terms at the expense of NSW Labor senator Deb O’Neill and Victorian Liberal senator Scott Ryan. | Rhiannon and Hinch had been pushing for the alternative method because it would have given them a chance of claiming six-year senate terms at the expense of NSW Labor senator Deb O’Neill and Victorian Liberal senator Scott Ryan. |
| Hinch told Guardian Australia the major parties were trying to screw him and Rhiannon over: “Labor under Bob Hawke brought in section 282 because he said it was fair. The major parties will try to screw us because it’s a Senate vote – not a constitutional issue – but we’ll keep fighting.” | Hinch told Guardian Australia the major parties were trying to screw him and Rhiannon over: “Labor under Bob Hawke brought in section 282 because he said it was fair. The major parties will try to screw us because it’s a Senate vote – not a constitutional issue – but we’ll keep fighting.” |
| “The Greens’ [Lee] Rhiannon is in the same boat in NSW,” he said. | “The Greens’ [Lee] Rhiannon is in the same boat in NSW,” he said. |
| Rhiannon called on Labor last week to abide by the “fairer” allocation method because it would prevent the Coalition boosting their Senate numbers at the next election. | Rhiannon called on Labor last week to abide by the “fairer” allocation method because it would prevent the Coalition boosting their Senate numbers at the next election. |
| “The main reason is that under a recount method [Justice party’s] Derryn Hinch wins a long-term Senate seat at the expense of a Liberal senator,” Rhiannon said. | “The main reason is that under a recount method [Justice party’s] Derryn Hinch wins a long-term Senate seat at the expense of a Liberal senator,” Rhiannon said. |
| “Section 282 is more democratic and the Senate has acknowledged that on previous occasions,” she said. “If the crossbenchers are interested in reducing the power of the major party duopoly then they would support the fairer recount method.” | “Section 282 is more democratic and the Senate has acknowledged that on previous occasions,” she said. “If the crossbenchers are interested in reducing the power of the major party duopoly then they would support the fairer recount method.” |
| Pauline Hanson will be a senator for the next six years, but her three other senators will face the polls within three years. | Pauline Hanson will be a senator for the next six years, but her three other senators will face the polls within three years. |
| Up for re-election within six or three years: | |
| NSW (12 senators): | |
| Liberals: | |
| Marise Payne, 6 years | |
| Arthur Sinodinos, 6 years | |
| Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, 3 years | |
| Nationals: | |
| Fiona Nash, 6 years | |
| John Williams, 3 years | |
| Labor: | |
| Jenny McAllister , 6 years | |
| Sam Dastyari, 6 years | |
| Deb O’Neill, 6 years | |
| Doug Cameron, 3 years | |
| Greens: | |
| Lee Rhiannon, Greens 3 years | |
| Cross bench: | |
| Brian Burston, One Nation, 3 years | |
| David Leyonhjelm, Liberal Democrats, 3 years | |
| Victoria (12 senators): | |
| Liberals: | |
| Mitch Fifield, 6 years | |
| Scott Ryan, 6 years | |
| Jane Hume, 3 years | |
| James Paterson, 3 years | |
| Nationals: | |
| Bridget McKenzie, 6 years | |
| Labor: | |
| Kim Carr, 6 years | |
| Stephen Conroy, 6 years | |
| Jacinta Collins, 3 years | |
| Gavin Marshall, 3 years | |
| Greens: | |
| Richard Di Natale, 6 years | |
| Janet Rice, 3 years | |
| Crossbench: | |
| Derryn Hinch, Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party, 3 years | |
| Queensland (12 senators): | |
| Liberals: | |
| George Brandis, 6 years | |
| Matthew Canavan (Liberal National Party), 6 years | |
| James McGrath (Liberal National Party), 6 years | |
| Ian Macdonald (Liberal National Party), 3 years | |
| Barry O’Sullivan (Liberal National Party), 3 years | |
| Labor: | |
| Murray Watt, 6 years | |
| Anthony Chisholm, 6 years | |
| Claire Moore, 3 years | |
| Chris Ketter , 3 years | |
| Greens: | |
| Larissa Waters, 3 years | |
| Crossbench: | |
| Pauline Hanson, One Nation, 6 years | |
| Malcolm Roberts, One Nation, 3 years | |
| South Australia (12 senators) | |
| Liberals: | |
| Simon Birmingham, 6 years | |
| Cory Bernardi, 6 years | |
| Anne Ruston, 3 years | |
| David Fawcett, 3 years | |
| Labor: | |
| Penny Wong, 6 years | |
| Don Farrell, 6 years | |
| Alex Gallacher, 3 years | |
| Greens: | |
| Sarah Hanson-Young, 3 years | |
| Crossbench: | |
| Nick Xenophon (Nick Xenophon Team), 6 years | |
| Griff Stirling (Nick Xenophon Team), 6 years | |
| Skye Kakoschke-Moore (Nick Xenophon Team), 3 years | |
| Bob Day (Family First), 3 years | |
| Western Australia (12 senators): | |
| Liberals: | |
| Mathias Cormann, 6 years | |
| Michaelia Cash, 6 years | |
| Dean Smith, 6 years | |
| Linda Reynolds, 3 years | |
| Chris Back, 3 years | |
| Labor: | |
| Sue Lines, 6 years | |
| Glenn Sterle, 6 years | |
| Pat Dodson, 3 years | |
| Louise Pratt, 3 years | |
| Greens: | |
| Scott Ludlum, 6 years | |
| Rachel Siewert, 3 years | |
| Crossbench: | |
| Rodney Culleton, One Nation, 3 years | |
| Tasmania (12 senators): | |
| Liberals: | |
| Eric Abetz, 6 years | |
| Stephen Parry, 6 years | |
| Jonathon Duniam, 3 years | |
| David Bushby, 3 years | |
| Labor: | |
| Anne Urquhart, 6 years | |
| Helen Poley, 6 years | |
| Carol Brown, 3 years | |
| Lisa Singh, 3 years | |
| Catryna Bilyk, 3 years | |
| Greens: | |
| Peter Whish-Wilson, 6 years | |
| Nick McKim, 3 years | |
| Crossbench: | |
| Jacqui Lambie, Jacqui Lambie Network, 6 years | |
| Territories: | Territories: |
| Senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory always face re-election every three years. | Senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory always face re-election every three years. |
| ACT: | |
| Zed Seselja, Liberal Party, 3 years | |
| Katy Gallagher, Labor, 3 years | |
| NT: | |
| Nigel Scullion, Country Liberals, 3 years | |
| Malarndirri McCarthy, Labor (NT branch), 3 years |