Overview

• The Australian Electoral Commission officially declared Walker elected to the Senate, confirming her record as the youngest person ever to hold an upper house seat.
• She won Labor’s third Senate ticket spot in South Australia through a preferential voting count that rarely delivers success to lower-ranked candidates.
• Walker campaigned on cutting HECS debt, easing cost-of-living pressures and expanding access to education for young Australians.
• Her six-year term comes with a A$217,060 base salary, office and staff support, and begins with an orientation at Senate school.
• As the first federal parliamentarian born this century, her arrival strengthens a trend toward younger and female representation that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese projects will see 57% of Labor lawmakers be women.