The Coalition and Labor have agreed on the allocation of six and three-year Senate terms following the double dissolution election, with Lee Rhiannon of the Greens and Derryn Hinch from Victoria missing out on longer office.

The finance minister, Mathias Cormann, said on Friday that the first six senators elected in every state should be given six-year terms, and Labor senator Penny Wong has agreed.

“This is a function of how many votes and how many preferences you are able to attract,” Cormann told Sky News.

“If you are elected in the first six out of 12 it stands to reason that you were elected earlier, and as such you qualify for the longer period.”

Wong told Guardian Australia that Labor agreed with the Coalition’s proposal: “Labor will support the government’s proposal to allocate senators’ terms of office according to the order in which senators were elected in each state,” Wong said.

“This is consistent with the Senate’s previous practice following double dissolution elections and reflects the will of the voters.”

It means the last six senators in every state will be up for re-election within three years.

Malcolm Turnbull’s double-dissolution election meant the Senate needs to determine which senators are on a three-year term and which are on a six-year term, in order to fall back into the usual election pattern.

There are two counting methods available for the Senate.

The first, which has been used historically in double dissolutions, sees the first six of 12 state senators in every state receive the six-year terms and the remainder appointed for three years.

The second is a Hawke government reform, known as section 282, which creates a second Senate count to allocate positions that more closely replicate a half-Senate election.

With the Coalition and Labor in agreement, it means first counting method will be used.



Rhiannon and Hinch had been pushing for the alternative method because it would have given them a chance of claiming six-year senate terms at the expense of NSW Labor senator Deb O’Neill and Victorian Liberal senator Scott Ryan.

Hinch told Guardian Australia the major parties were trying to screw him and Rhiannon over: “Labor under Bob Hawke brought in section 282 because he said it was fair. The major parties will try to screw us because it’s a Senate vote – not a constitutional issue – but we’ll keep fighting.”

“The Greens’ [Lee] Rhiannon is in the same boat in NSW,” he said.

Rhiannon called on Labor last week to abide by the “fairer” allocation method because it would prevent the Coalition boosting their Senate numbers at the next election.

“The main reason is that under a recount method [Justice party’s] Derryn Hinch wins a long-term Senate seat at the expense of a Liberal senator,” Rhiannon said.

“Section 282 is more democratic and the Senate has acknowledged that on previous occasions,” she said. “If the crossbenchers are interested in reducing the power of the major party duopoly then they would support the fairer recount method.”

Pauline Hanson will be a senator for the next six years, but her three other senators will face the polls within three years.

Up for re-election within six or three years:

NSW (12 senators):



Liberals:

Marise Payne, 6 years

Arthur Sinodinos, 6 years

Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, 3 years

Nationals:

Fiona Nash, 6 years

John Williams, 3 years

Labor:

Jenny McAllister , 6 years

Sam Dastyari, 6 years

Deb O’Neill, 6 years

Doug Cameron, 3 years

Greens:

Lee Rhiannon, Greens 3 years

Cross bench:

Brian Burston, One Nation, 3 years

David Leyonhjelm, Liberal Democrats, 3 years





Victoria (12 senators):

Liberals:

Mitch Fifield, 6 years

Scott Ryan, 6 years

Jane Hume, 3 years

James Paterson, 3 years

Nationals:

Bridget McKenzie, 6 years

Labor:

Kim Carr, 6 years

Stephen Conroy, 6 years

Jacinta Collins, 3 years

Gavin Marshall, 3 years

Greens:

Richard Di Natale, 6 years

Janet Rice, 3 years

Crossbench:

Derryn Hinch, Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party, 3 years





Queensland (12 senators):

Liberals:

George Brandis, 6 years

Matthew Canavan (Liberal National Party), 6 years

James McGrath (Liberal National Party), 6 years

Ian Macdonald (Liberal National Party), 3 years

Barry O’Sullivan (Liberal National Party), 3 years

Labor:

Murray Watt, 6 years

Anthony Chisholm, 6 years

Claire Moore, 3 years

Chris Ketter , 3 years

Greens:

Larissa Waters, 3 years

Crossbench:

Pauline Hanson, One Nation, 6 years

Malcolm Roberts, One Nation, 3 years





South Australia (12 senators)

Liberals:

Simon Birmingham, 6 years



Cory Bernardi, 6 years

Anne Ruston, 3 years

David Fawcett, 3 years

Labor:

Penny Wong, 6 years

Don Farrell, 6 years

Alex Gallacher, 3 years

Greens:

Sarah Hanson-Young, 3 years

Crossbench:

Nick Xenophon (Nick Xenophon Team), 6 years

Griff Stirling (Nick Xenophon Team), 6 years

Skye Kakoschke-Moore (Nick Xenophon Team), 3 years

Bob Day (Family First), 3 years





Western Australia (12 senators):

Liberals:

Mathias Cormann, 6 years

Michaelia Cash, 6 years

Dean Smith, 6 years

Linda Reynolds, 3 years

Chris Back, 3 years

Labor:

Sue Lines, 6 years

Glenn Sterle, 6 years

Pat Dodson, 3 years

Louise Pratt, 3 years

Greens:

Scott Ludlum, 6 years

Rachel Siewert, 3 years

Crossbench:

Rodney Culleton, One Nation, 3 years





Tasmania (12 senators):

Liberals:

Eric Abetz, 6 years

Stephen Parry, 6 years

Jonathon Duniam, 3 years

David Bushby, 3 years

Labor:

Anne Urquhart, 6 years

Helen Poley, 6 years

Carol Brown, 3 years

Lisa Singh, 3 years

Catryna Bilyk, 3 years

Greens:

Peter Whish-Wilson, 6 years

Nick McKim, 3 years

Crossbench:

Jacqui Lambie, Jacqui Lambie Network, 6 years





Territories:

Senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory always face re-election every three years.

ACT:

Zed Seselja, Liberal Party, 3 years

Katy Gallagher, Labor, 3 years

NT:

Nigel Scullion, Country Liberals, 3 years

Malarndirri McCarthy, Labor (NT branch), 3 years