Australian Senate

Australian Senate
Type
Type	Upper house
Leadership
President of the Senate	John Hogg, Labor since 26 August 2008
Structure
Members	76
Political groups	Government (31)       Labor (31) Opposition Coalition (34)       Liberal (24)       LNP (6)       Nationals (3)       CLP (1) Crossbench (11)       Greens (9)       DLP (1)       Independent (1)
Elections
Last election	21 August 2010
Meeting place
Parliament House Canberra, ACT Australia
Website
Senate

The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Australia. The lower house is the House of Representatives. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years. But some senators have 3 year terms. The Senate has a lot of power from the Australian Constitution.

There are currently 76 people in the Senate.