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A federal election to determine the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on 7 September 2013 .. 44th Parliament of Australia. 44th Parliament of Australia. The centre-right Liberal / National Coalition opposition led by then-Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia , led by Warren Truss , defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by a 17-seat 3.6 percentage point two-party swing .. Tony Abbott. Tony Abbott. Kevin Rudd. Kevin Rudd. Prime Minister. Prime Minister of Australia. Liberal / National Coalition. Coalition ( Australia ). opposition. Opposition ( Australia ). Opposition leader. Opposition Leader of Australia. Liberal Party of Australia. Liberal Party of Australia. National Party of Australia. National Party of Australia. Warren Truss. Warren Truss. Labor Party. Australian Labor Party. government. Rudd Government ( 2013 ). two-party. Two-party-preferred vote. Labor had been in government since the 2007 election .. government. Rudd Government ( 2013 ). 2007 election. Australian federal election, 2007. Abbott was sworn in by the Governor-General , Quentin Bryce as Australia 's 28th Prime Minister on 18 September 2013 along with the Abbott Ministry and the members of the House of Representatives .. Prime Minister. Prime Minister of Australia. Governor-General. Governor-General of Australia. Quentin Bryce. Quentin Bryce. 28th Prime Minister. List of Prime Ministers of Australia#List. Abbott Ministry. Abbott Ministry. House of Representatives. Australian House of Representatives. The 44th Parliament of Australia opened on 12 November 2013 , which is taken to be the commencement of the term of members of the House of Representatives .. 44th Parliament of Australia. 44th Parliament of Australia. House of Representatives. Australian House of Representatives. The new senators were sworn in by the next Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on 7 July 2014 , with their six-year terms commencing on 1 July .. Governor-General. Governor-General of Australia. Peter Cosgrove. Peter Cosgrove. The proclamation dissolving the House of Representatives and formally beginning the election period , had been issued by the Governor-General , Quentin Bryce , on 5 August 2013 .. Governor-General. Governor-General of Australia. Quentin Bryce. Quentin Bryce. proclamation. proclamation. House of Representatives. Australian House of Representatives. The writs of election were subsequently issued by Bryce for the election of members of the House of Representatives and the state governors for the senators for each state .. House of Representatives. Australian House of Representatives. writs of election. Writ of election. Voting in Australia 's federal elections has been compulsory since 1925 .. compulsory. compulsory voting. Australian federal election, 1925. For the House of Representatives , a preferential ballot system has been in use since 1919 , in single-member seats .. House of Representatives. Australian House of Representatives. preferential ballot. instant-runoff voting. Australian federal election, 1919. single-member seats. Single-winner voting system. For the Senate -- the proportionally representative upper house -- a single transferable vote system has been in use since 1949 , with optional group voting tickets since 1984 .. Senate. Australian Senate. proportionally representative. proportional representation. single transferable vote. single transferable vote. Australian federal election, 1949. Australian federal election, 1984. Elections are conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission -LRB- AEC -RRB- .. Australian Electoral Commission. Australian Electoral Commission. A special half-Senate election was conducted on 5 April 2014 in Western Australia as a result of 1,375 lost ballot papers .. Senate. Australian Senate. special half-Senate election. Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, 2014