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Australian Parliament
Senate
Every public sitting of the Senate we capture, transcribed, with the people who spoke there and a search of what was said.
162 public sittings since 22 July 2025
Sittings appear here a month after they are held. A Polyfact plan gives you every sitting as soon as it is transcribed.
How to watch the Senate
Australian Parliament broadcasts the sittings of the Senate. Polyfact records each one, transcribes it and identifies the speakers, so you can open a sitting below, read it and watch it from the second a speech starts.
Latest public sittings
Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) 17 September 2026
Senate Chamber 17 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 3 of 3) 16 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) 16 September 2026
Senate Chamber 16 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) 15 September 2026
Senate Chamber 15 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) 14 September 2026
Senate Chamber 14 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) 10 September 2026
Senate Chamber 10 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 3 of 3) 9 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) 9 September 2026
Senate Chamber 9 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) 8 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) 8 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) 7 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) 7 September 2026
Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) 20 August 2026
Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) 20 August 2026
Who spoke at the committee
Sue Lines 135 sittings
Slade Brockman 133 sittings
David Pocock 114 sittings
Malcolm Roberts 110 sittings
David Shoebridge 109 sittings
Katy Gallagher 109 sittings
Helen Polley 95 sittings
Maria Kovacic 93 sittings
Paul Scarr 90 sittings
Steph Hodgins-May 89 sittings
Nick McKim 86 sittings
Andrew Bragg 85 sittings
Penny Wong 83 sittings
Matt O'Sullivan 82 sittings
Larissa Waters 80 sittings
Mehreen Faruqi 80 sittings
Penny Allman-Payne 75 sittings
Jenny McAllister 74 sittings
Deborah O'Neill 73 sittings
Michelle Ananda-Rajah 73 sittings
Leah Blyth 72 sittings
Fatima Payman 71 sittings
Murray Watt 71 sittings
Anne Ruston 70 sittings
Ellie Whiteaker 70 sittings
Sarah Hanson-Young 70 sittings
Carol Brown 68 sittings
Dave Sharma 68 sittings
Wendy Askew 68 sittings
Bridget McKenzie 67 sittings
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With a Polyfact plan you read every sitting as soon as it is transcribed, ask questions to the video assistant and get an alert as soon as your topics come up.
Free trialWhere these transcripts come from
Polyfact records and transcribes the sittings and committee hearings of Australia's parliaments. A speaker is named only once their identity is confirmed, by the official record or by a person; automatic guesses are left out.