President of the Senate (Australia)
The position is provided for by Section 17 of the Constitution of Australia. The Senate elects one of its members as president at the start of each new term, or whenever the position is vacant. This is usually—though not necessarily—a member of the party or coalition that holds the most seats in the Senate. The largest party in the Senate is not always the governing party, as government is determined by the House of Representatives. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may consequently be from different parties.
Cate Faehrmann
Cate Faehrmann (born 17 March 1970) is an Australian politician and environmental activist.
Faehrmann was a Greens member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2011 to 2013. She resigned from the Legislative Council in June 2013 in order to stand for the Australian Senate at the 2013 federal election, but was unsuccessful. She worked in the office of the Leader of the Australian Greens Richard Di Natale as his chief of staff from May 2015 until March 2018. In August 2018, she was re-elected to the Legislative Council to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Mehreen Faruqi, who replaced Lee Rhiannon in the Australian Senate.