# Members of the Australian Senate, 2008–2011

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2011. Half of the state senators had been elected at the November 2007 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2014; the other half of the state senators were elected at the October 2004 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2011. The territory senators were elected at the November 2007 election and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was August 2010. The new Senate first met in August 2008, with state senators elected in 2007 sworn in on 26 August 2008.
Assuming party discipline, the Gillard Labor government needed the support of either the Coalition, or of all the other non-Coalition senators to pass legislation.
| Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office |
| Eric Abetz | Liberal | Tasmania | 2011 | 1994–2022 |
| Judith Adams | Liberal | Western Australia | 2011 | 2005–2012 |
| Mark Arbib | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2008–2012 |
| Chris Back | Liberal | Western Australia | 2011 | 2009–2017 |
| Guy Barnett | Liberal | Tasmania | 2011 | 2002–2011 |
| Cory Bernardi | Liberal | South Australia | 2014 | 2006–2020 |
| Catryna Bilyk | Labor | Tasmania | 2014 | 2008–present |
| Simon Birmingham | Liberal | South Australia | 2014 | 2007–2025 |
| Mark Bishop | Labor | Western Australia | 2014 | 1996–2014 |
| Ron Boswell | National | Queensland | 2014 | 1983–2014 |
| Sue Boyce | Liberal | Queensland | 2014 | 2007–2014 |
| George Brandis | Liberal | Queensland | 2011 | 2000–2018 |
| Bob Brown | Greens | Tasmania | 2014 | 1996–2012 |
| Carol Brown | Labor | Tasmania | 2014 | 2005–present |
| David Bushby | Liberal | Tasmania | 2014 | 2007–2019 |
| Doug Cameron | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2008–2019 |
| Kim Carr | Labor | Victoria | 2011 | 1993–2022 |
| Michaelia Cash | Liberal | Western Australia | 2014 | 2008–present |
| Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Tasmania | 2014 | 2002–2016, 2018–present |
| Jacinta Collins | Labor | Victoria | 2014 | 1995–2005, 2008–2019 |
| Stephen Conroy | Labor | Victoria | 2011 | 1996–2016 |
| Helen Coonan | Liberal | New South Wales | 2014 | 1996–2011 |
| Mathias Cormann | Liberal | Western Australia | 2014 | 2007–2020 |
| Trish Crossin | Labor | Northern Territory | 2010, 2013 | 1998–2013 |
| Alan Eggleston | Liberal | Western Australia | 2014 | 1996–2014 |
| Chris Ellison | Liberal | Western Australia | 2011 | 1993–2009 |
| Chris Evans | Labor | Western Australia | 2011 | 1993–2013 |
| Don Farrell | Labor | South Australia | 2014 | 2008–2014, 2016–present |
| John Faulkner | Labor | New South Wales | 2011 | 1989–2015 |
| David Feeney | Labor | Victoria | 2014 | 2008–2013 |
| Alan Ferguson | Liberal | South Australia | 2011 | 1992–2011 |
| Steve Fielding | Family First | Victoria | 2011 | 2005–2011 |
| Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Liberal | New South Wales | 2011 | 2005–2022 |
| Mitch Fifield | Liberal | Victoria | 2014 | 2004–2019 |
| Mary Jo Fisher | Liberal | South Australia | 2011 | 2007–2012 |
| Michael Forshaw | Labor | New South Wales | 2011 | 1994–2011 |
| Mark Furner | Labor | Queensland | 2014 | 2008–2014 |
| Sarah Hanson-Young | Greens | South Australia | 2014 | 2008–present |
| Bill Heffernan | Liberal | New South Wales | 2011 | 1996–2016 |
| John Hogg | Labor | Queensland | 2014 | 1996–2014 |
| Gary Humphries | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 2010, 2013 | 2003–2013 |
| Annette Hurley | Labor | South Australia | 2011 | 2005–2011 |
| Steve Hutchins | Labor | New South Wales | 2011 | 1999–2011 |
| David Johnston | Liberal | Western Australia | 2014 | 2002–2016 |
| Barnaby Joyce | National | Queensland | 2011 | 2005–2013 |
| Helen Kroger | Liberal | Victoria | 2014 | 2008–2014 |
| Scott Ludlam | Greens | Western Australia | 2014 | 2008–2017 |
| Joe Ludwig | Labor | Queensland | 2011 | 1999–2016 |
| Kate Lundy | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | 2010, 2013 | 1996–2015 |
| Ian Macdonald | Liberal | Queensland | 2014 | 1990–2019 |
| Gavin Marshall | Labor | Victoria | 2014 | 2002–2019 |
| Brett Mason | Liberal | Queensland | 2011 | 1999–2015 |
| Anne McEwen | Labor | South Australia | 2011 | 2005–2016 |
| Julian McGauran | Liberal | Victoria | 2011 | 1987–1990, 1993–2011 |
| Jan McLucas | Labor | Queensland | 2011 | 1999–2016 |
| Christine Milne | Greens | Tasmania | 2011 | 2005–2015 |
| Nick Minchin | Liberal | South Australia | 2011 | 1993–2011 |
| Claire Moore | Labor | Queensland | 2014 | 2002–2019 |
| Fiona Nash | National | New South Wales | 2011 | 2005–2017 |
| Kerry O'Brien | Labor | Tasmania | 2011 | 1996–2011 |
| Stephen Parry | Liberal | Tasmania | 2011 | 2005–2017 |
| Marise Payne | Liberal | New South Wales | 2014 | 1997–2023 |
| Helen Polley | Labor | Tasmania | 2011 | 2005–present |
| Louise Pratt | Labor | Western Australia | 2014 | 2008–2014, 2016–present |
| Michael Ronaldson | Liberal | Victoria | 2011 | 2005–2016 |
| Scott Ryan | Liberal | Victoria | 2014 | 2008–2021 |
| Nigel Scullion | Country Liberal | Northern Territory | 2010, 2013 | 2001–2019 |
| Nick Sherry | Labor | Tasmania | 2014 | 1990–2012 |
| Rachel Siewert | Greens | Western Australia | 2011 | 2005–2021 |
| Ursula Stephens | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2002–2014 |
| Glenn Sterle | Labor | Western Australia | 2011 | 2005–present |
| Judith Troeth | Liberal | Victoria | 2011 | 1993–2011 |
| Russell Trood | Liberal | Queensland | 2011 | 2005–2011 |
| John Williams | National | New South Wales | 2014 | 2008–2019 |
| Penny Wong | Labor | South Australia | 2014 | 2002–present |
| Dana Wortley | Labor | South Australia | 2011 | 2005–2011 |
| Nick Xenophon | Independent | South Australia | 2014 | 2008–2017 |