Section 22 of the Constitution of Australia provides that the

quorum A quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly (a body that uses parliamentary procedure, such as a legislature) necessary to conduct the business of that group. According to ''Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised'', the ...

of the

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shall be one third of the total number of Senators, until the

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otherwise provides. With the passage of the ''Senate (Quorum) Act 1991'', the Parliament has changed the quorum to one quarter of the total number of Senators, which with the current Senate size of 76 means that at least 19 Senators are required for a quorum.

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