Bill
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fair Territory Representation) Bill 2024
before parliament, as at 2025-07-23.
- Sponsor
- David Pocock
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-11-20
- second reading — 2024-11-20
- other — 2025-07-21
- other — 2025-07-23
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2024-11-20.
This bill would give the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory fairer representation in the Senate.
It would set the number of senators for each territory at half the number for a state, rounded to the nearest whole number.
Each territory would elect three senators at every federal election, and those senators would serve six-year terms.
- Increases the number of senators for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
- Provides for three senators from each territory to be elected at each federal election.
- Gives senators from the territories six-year terms.
Voters and senators in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
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