Senate Cross-Bench
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Cross bench
In our Senate, we have a number of Senators from the two big parties, but we also have some Senators from smaller parties, who are "unaligned" with those bigger parties. These Senators are often called the "cross-bench", because they sit in the middle of the two main parties. Because neither of the big parties have a majority in the Senate, it is crucially important that they are able to attract votes from the cross-bench in favour of their proposed laws.
The details of the small cross-bench are listed below because this small group has a huge amount of power to work together to block or encourage proposed legislation, proposed rules and parliamentary committee inquiries. If you write to no-one else, i strongly encourage you to write to the cross-bench because influencing their views could have an enormous effect on what our Parliament agrees to - or does not.
Title | Party | Mailing Address | Email address |
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Nick McKim | Australian Greens | 149B Macquarie Street Hobart, TAS, 7000 | senator.mckim@aph.gov.au |
Janet Rice | Australian Greens | Shop 2-3 26 Lygon Street Brunswick East VIC 3057 | senator.rice@aph.gov.au |
Rachel Siewert | Australian Greens | Unit 11, Level 2, 440 William Street, Perth WA 6000 | senator.siewert@aph.gov.au |
Jordon Steele-John | Australian Greens | Level 40 Exchange, Tower 2 the Esplanade Perth, WA, 6000 | senator.steele-john@aph.gov.au |
Peter Whish-Wilson | Australian Greens | 37 George Street, Launceston TAS 7250 | senator.whish-wilson@aph.gov.au |
Larissa Waters | Australian Greens | Level 2, 251 Given Terrace Paddington QLD 4064 | senator.waters@aph.gov.au |
Malcolm Roberts | One Nation | null | senator.roberts@aph.gov.au |
Peter Georgiou | One Nation | Units 4 & 5, 162 Colin Street, West Perth WA 6005 | senator.georgiou@aph.gov.au |
Pauline Hanson | One Nation | Suites 5 and 6, Level 36, Waterfront Place, 1 Eagle Street, Brisbane Qld 4000 | senator.hanson@aph.gov.au |
Rex Patrick | Centre Alliance | Level 2, 31 Ebenezer Place, Adelaide SA 5000 | senator.patrick@aph.gov.au |
Stirling Griff | Centre Alliance | Level 3, 27 Leigh Street, Adelaide SA 5000 | senator.griff@aph.gov.au |
Jacqui Lambie | Independent | null | senator.lambie@aph.gov.au |
Mehreen Faruqi | Australian Greens | 72 Campbell Street, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010 | senator.faruqi@aph.gov.au |
Sarah Hanson-Young | Australian Greens | Level 7, 147 Pirie Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000 | senator.hanson-young@aph.gov.au |
Richard Di Natale | Australian Greens | Level 14, 90 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000 | senator.dinatale@aph.gov.au |
Corey Bernardi | Australian Conservatives | PO Box 2192, Kent Town, SA, 5071 | senator.bernardi@aph.gov.au |
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