Latest news: Senate

Today, the Senate will hold an inquiry into Senator David Pocock's Bill to overturn legislative caps on royalty payments for musicians.

Senator David Pocock will table bills to fast-track protections for workers, and opposes amendments to sequester carbon dioxide in the seabed.

I once thought, for purely selfish reasons, that the ACT should have six senators.

The national Labor conference passed a motion today to increase the number of Senators in both the ACT and the Northern Territory.

The Coalition will call for a senate inquiry into the Calvary acquisition and federal intervention, but Senator David Pocock disagrees.

ACT Senator David Pocock has lost his bid to have an extra parliamentary sitting day to make up for lost time caused by the mourning of Queen Elizabeth II.

Pauline Hanson has retained her Queensland Senate seat, as a former Morrison government minister exits parliament.

Queensland voters have turned their backs on One Nation founder Pauline Hanson, who could lose her Senate spot. 

Former representative rugby union player David Pocock is in a tight contest to become ACT's first independent senator as he battles with candidates from the major parties.

Candidates running for the ACT’s two Senate seats tell us about themselves, their policies, and why ACT residents should vote for them.

Vote Earth Now has given Independent Kim Rubenstein a perfect score as the ACT’s best Senate candidate to act on the climate crisis.

High-profile independents, including former rugby player David Pocock, are competing with major party incumbents for ACT Senate positions.

ACT independent Senate candidate Kim Rubenstein is leading a push for the ACT to be afforded more proportional representation in the Senate with two additional seats.

Inspired by the ‘Voices for ...’ model from the electorate of Indi and elsewhere, proACT was set up as a community movement that helps change the conversation we have about politics, pushes for community led change and finds the right community-backed independent to stand for the Senate in the next election.

Brumbies legend David Pocock has announced he will run as an independent candidate for an ACT Senate seat at the 2022 federal election.

Public intellectual Kim Rubenstein promises a new brand of politics. The renowned law and citizenship expert, one of the Financial Review’s ‘100 Women of Influence’, has announced her bid for the Senate as an Independent candidate.