This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2016 Australian federal election held on 2 July 2016. The election was held as a consequence of a double dissolution in which both houses of parliament were dissolved. Ordinarily, only half of the senators terms end at each election. In this case, all 76 senators were elected. At the first sitting following the election, half of the senators representing each of the six states of Australia were allocated six-year terms to end on 30 June 2022, with the remainder allocated three-year terms to end on 30 June 2019. The terms of senators from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory end on the day of the next federal election.
In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution, Rotation of senators. it was left to the Senate to decide which senators were allocated six- and three-year terms. The senate resolved that the first elected six of twelve senators in each state would serve six-year terms, while the other six elected in each state would serve three-year terms. This had been the Senate practice on all seven previous occasions that required allocation of long and short terms. In 1983 the Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform had unanimously recommended an alternative "recount" method to reflect proportional representation, and section 282 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act was added in 1984 to provide for a recount on that basis. Re-count of Senate votes to determine order of election in other circumstances. This alternative method had been supported by both major parties in senate resolutions passed in 1998 and 2010. Despite the previous resolutions, an agreement between 's Mathias Cormann and 's Penny Wong led the Senate to choose the order-elected method again. As a result, in New South Wales, Labor's Deborah O'Neill got a six-year term at the expense of The Greens' Lee Rhiannon getting a three-year term, while in Victoria Liberal's Scott Ryan got a six-year term at the expense of the Justice Party's Derryn Hinch getting a three-year term. Both methods of allocation had the same outcome for all other senators. Senator Party State Term ending Years in office Tasmania 2022 1994–2022 /Katter's Australian Party//Conservative National Queensland 2019 2017–2019 Tasmania 2022 2019–present Western Australia 2019 2009–2017 Queensland 2019 1997–2008, 2017–2018 /Conservatives/ South Australia 2022 2006–2020 Tasmania 2019 2008–2025 South Australia 2022 2007–2025 Queensland 2022 2000–2018 Western Australia 2019 2017–present Tasmania 2019 2005–present /United Australia Party New South Wales 2019 2016–2019 Tasmania 2022 2007–2019 New South Wales 2019 2008–2019 Queensland 2022 2014–present Victoria 2022 1993–2022 Western Australia 2022 2008–present Queensland 2022 2016–present Victoria 2019 2019–present Tasmania 2019 2002–2016, 2018–present Victoria 2019 1995–2005, 2008–2019 Victoria 2022 1996–2016 Western Australia 2022 2007–2020 / Western Australia 2019 2016–2017 New South Wales 2022 2013–2018 South Australia 2019 2014–2016 Victoria 2022 2011–2020 Western Australia 2019 2016–2024 Tasmania 2022 2016–present South Australia 2022 2008–2014, 2016–present New South Wales 2019 2018–present South Australia 2019 2011–2025 New South Wales 2022 2005–2022 Victoria 2022 2004–2019 South Australia 2019 2011–2021 Australian Capital Territory 2019 2015–2018, 2019–present Western Australia 2019 2017–2019 // South Australia 2019 2017–2019 Xenophon/Centre Alliance South Australia 2022 2016–2022 Queensland 2022 2016–present South Australia 2019 2008–present Justice Victoria 2019 2016–2019 Victoria 2019 2016–present South Australia 2019 2016–2017 New South Wales 2022 2018–2022 Queensland 2019 2014–2019 Victoria 2022 2016–2022 Tasmania 2022 2014–2017, 2019–present New South Wales 2019 2014–2019 Western Australia 2022 2013–present Western Australia 2022 2008–2017 Queensland 2019 1990–2019 Victoria 2019 2002–2019 , / Tasmania 2019 2018–2019 New South Wales 2022 2015–present Northern Territory 2019 2016–present Queensland 2022 2014–present Victoria 2022 2011–present Tasmania 2019 2015–present New South Wales 2019 2017–2019, 2019-2023 Queensland 2019 2002–2019 New South Wales 2022 2005–2017 New South Wales 2022 2013–present Queensland 2019 2014–2019 Tasmania 2022 2005–2017 Victoria 2019 2016–present Xenophon/Centre Alliance South Australia 2022 2017–2022 New South Wales 2022 1997–2023 Tasmania 2022 2005–present Western Australia 2019 2008–2014, 2016–2025 Western Australia 2019 2014–2025 New South Wales 2019 2011–2018 Victoria 2019 2014–present Queensland 2019 2016–2017, 2019–present South Australia 2019 2012–present Victoria 2022 2008–2021 Northern Territory 2019 2001–2019 Australian Capital Territory 2019 2013–2022 Western Australia 2022 2005–2021 Tasmania 2019 2011–2019 New South Wales 2022 2011–2019 Australian Capital Territory 2019 2018–2019 Western Australia 2022 2012–present New South Wales 2019 2019 Western Australia 2019 2017–present Western Australia 2022 2005–present Queensland 2022 2018–2022 South Australia 2019 2018–2019 Tasmania 2022 2011–present Queensland 2019 2011–2017, 2018–present Queensland 2022 2016–present Tasmania 2022 2012–present New South Wales 2019 2008–2019 South Australia 2022 2002–present South Australia 2022 2008–2017
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