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As usual I'm not quite sure where these should go, but I think they'd be useful somewhere.

Federal

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1901-1903

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House of Representatives

Party (no majority in this parliament) Total Vacant Cause
Protectionist Free Trade Labour Independent
30 March 1901 31 28 14 2 75 0
9 May 1901 31 27 14 3 75 0 Free Trade MP Sir Frederick Holder (SA) became an independent when he was elected Speaker.
8 August 1901 30 27 14 3 74 1 Protectionist MP William Groom (Darling Downs, Qld) died.
14 September 1901 31 27 14 3 75 0 Littleton Groom (Protectionist) won the Darling Downs by-election.
6 March 1902 31 26 14 3 74 1 Free Trade MP Frederick Piesse (Tas) died.
26 March 1902 31 27 14 3 75 0 William Hartnoll (Free Trade) won the Tasmania by-election.
18 August 1903 31 26 14 3 74 1 Free Trade leader George Reid (East Sydney, NSW) resigned to recontest his seat in protest at the new electoral boundaries for New South Wales.
4 September 1903 31 27 14 3 75 0 George Reid (Free Trade) was re-elected at the East Sydney by-election.
24 September 1903 30 27 14 3 74 1 Prime Minister and Protectionist MP Sir Edmund Barton (Hunter, NSW) resigned to take up a seat on the High Court.
late 1903 29 27 14 4 74 1 Protectionist MP Thomas Macdonald-Paterson (Brisbane, Qld) lost preselection and opted to contest his seat as an independent at the forthcoming election.

Senate

Party (no majority in this parliament) Total Vacant Cause
Protectionist Free Trade Labour Independent
30 March 1901 11 17 8 0 36 0
2 January 1903 11 16 8 0 35 1 Free Trade senator Sir Frederick Sargood (Vic) died.
21 January 1903 11 17 8 0 36 0 Robert Reid (Free Trade) was appointed to the Victorian Senate vacancy.
17 April 1903 11 16 8 0 35 1 Free Trade senator Norman Ewing (WA) resigned.
4 September 1903 11 17 8 0 36 0 Henry Saunders (Free Trade) was appointed to the Western Australian Senate vacancy.
24 September 1903 10 17 8 0 35 1 Protectionist senator Richard O'Connor (NSW) resigned to take up a seat on the High Court.
8 October 1903 11 17 8 0 36 0 Charles Mackellar (Protectionist) was appointed to the New South Wales Senate vacancy.

2010-2013

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House of Representatives

Party (no majority in this parliament) Total Vacant Cause
Labor Coalition Greens KAP Inds
Liberal LNP Nationals CLP Total
21 August 2010 72 44 21 7 1 73 1 0 4 150 0 Note: The National Party of Western Australia, while part of the National Party, is not part of the Coalition. Its sole MP, Tony Crook (O'Connor, WA), initially sat on the crossbenches before joining the National party room on 2 May 2012; he still does not attend joint Coalition meetings.
3 June 2011 72 44 21 7 1 73 1 1 3 150 0 Independent MP Bob Katter (Kennedy, Qld) formed Katter's Australian Party.
24 November 2011 72 44 20 7 1 72 1 1 4 150 0 LNP MP Peter Slipper (Fisher, Qld) accepted Labor's nomination for the position of Speaker and resigned from the LNP.
28 April 2012 71 44 20 7 1 72 1 1 5 150 0 Labor MP Craig Thomson (Dobell, NSW) was suspended from the Labor Party due to an ongoing investigation involving his use of funds while a union official.

Senate

Party (no majority in this parliament) Total Vacant Cause
Labor Coalition Greens DLP Inds
Liberal LNP Nationals CLP Total
1 July 2011 31 24 6 3 1 34 9 1 1 76 0
22 August 2011 31 23 6 3 1 33 9 1 1 75 1 Liberal senator Helen Coonan (NSW) resigned.
1 July 2011 31 24 6 3 1 34 9 1 1 76 0 Arthur Sinodinos (Liberal) was appointed to the New South Wales vacancy.
27 February 2012 30 24 6 3 1 34 9 1 1 75 1 Labor senator Mark Arbib (NSW) resigned.
6 March 2012 31 24 6 3 1 34 9 1 1 76 0 Bob Carr (Labor) was appointed to the New South Wales vacancy.
31 March 2012 31 23 6 3 1 33 9 1 1 75 1 Liberal senator Judith Adams (WA) died.
2 May 2012 31 24 6 3 1 34 9 1 1 76 0 Dean Smith (Liberal) was appointed to the Western Australia vacancy.
1 June 2012 30 24 6 3 1 34 9 1 1 75 1 Labor senator Nick Sherry (Tas) resigned.
15 June 2012 30 24 6 3 1 34 8 1 1 74 2 Greens senator Bob Brown (Tas) resigned.
20 June 2012 31 24 6 3 1 34 9 1 1 76 0 Lin Thorp (Labor) and Peter Whish-Wilson (Greens) were appointed to the Tasmanian vacancies.
14 August 2012 31 23 6 3 1 33 9 1 1 75 1 Liberal senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA) resigned.
5 September 2012 31 24 6 3 1 34 9 1 1 76 0 Anne Ruston (Liberal) was appointed to the South Australian vacancy.

2016-present

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House of Representatives

Party Total Vacant Cause
ALP Coalition Grn NXT KAP Ind
Lib LNP Nat Total
2 July 2016 69 45 21 10 76 1 1 1 2 150 0
27 October 2017 69 45 21 9 75 1 1 1 2 149 1 The High Court found Barnaby Joyce (Nat, New England, NSW) ineligible to be a member of parliament and declared his seat vacant.
11 November 2017 69 44 21 9 74 1 1 1 2 148 2 John Alexander (Lib, Bennelong, NSW) resigned over concerns he held British citizenship and was thus ineligible to be a member of parliament.
2 December 2017 69 44 21 10 75 1 1 1 2 149 1 Barnaby Joyce (Nat) was re-elected at the New England by-election.
16 December 2017 69 45 21 10 76 1 1 1 2 150 0 John Alexander (Lib) was re-elected at the Bennelong by-election.
1 February 2018 68 45 21 10 76 1 1 1 2 149 1 David Feeney (ALP, Batman, Vic) resigned over concerns that he held British citizenship, and was thus ineligible to be a member of parliament.

Senate

Party (no majority in this parliament) Total Vacant Cause
ALP Coalition Grn PHON NXT LDP DHJP JLN FFP AC Ind
Lib LNP Nat CLP Total
2 July 2016 26 21 5 3 1 30 9 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 76 0
30 September 2016 25 21 5 3 1 30 9 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 75 1 Stephen Conroy (ALP, Vic) resigned.
25 October 2016 26 21 5 3 1 30 9 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 76 0 Kimberley Kitching (ALP, Vic) was appointed to the Conroy vacancy.
1 November 2016 26 21 5 3 1 30 9 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 75 1 Bob Day (FFP, SA) resigned. He was later found to have been ineligible by the High Court on 5 April 2017.
18 December 2016 26 21 5 3 1 30 9 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 75 1 Rod Culleton (PHON, WA) resigned from One Nation to sit as an independent.
11 January 2017 26 21 5 3 1 30 9 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 74 2 Rod Culleton (Ind, WA) was declared bankrupt and thus disqualified from being a senator. He was later ruled ineligible to have been elected.
7 February 2017 26 20 5 3 1 29 9 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 74 2 Cory Bernardi (Lib, SA) resigned from the Liberal Party to form the Australian Conservatives.
10 March 2017 26 20 5 3 1 29 9 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 75 1 Peter Georgiou (PHON, WA) was elected at a recount to fill Culleton's vacancy.
19 April 2017 26 20 5 3 1 29 9 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 76 0 Lucy Gichuhi (FFP, SA) was elected at a recount to fill Day's vacancy.
26 April 2017 26 20 5 3 1 29 9 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 76 0 Family First merged into the Australian Conservatives, but Lucy Gichuhi (FFP, SA) elected to sit as an independent.
14 July 2017 26 20 5 3 1 29 8 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 75 1 Scott Ludlam (Grn, WA) resigned having discovered he held New Zealand citizenship.
18 July 2017 26 20 5 3 1 29 7 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 74 2 Larissa Waters (Grn, Qld) resigned having discovered she held Canadian citizenship.
31 July 2017 26 19 5 3 1 28 7 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 73 3 Chris Back (Lib, WA) resigned.
16 August 2017 26 20 5 3 1 29 7 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 74 2 Slade Brockman (Lib, WA) filled the Back vacancy.
27 October 2017 26 20 5 2 1 28 7 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 72 4 The High Court ruled that, in addition to Ludlam and Waters, Fiona Nash (Nat, NSW) and Malcolm Roberts (PHON, Qld) were also ineligible.
31 October 2017 26 20 5 2 1 28 7 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 71 5 Nick Xenophon (NXT, SA) resigned.
2 November 2017 26 19 5 2 1 27 7 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 70 6 Stephen Parry (Lib, Tas) resigned having discovered that he held British citizenship.
10 November 2017 26 19 5 2 1 27 9 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 73 3 Jordon Steele-John (Grn, WA), Andrew Bartlett (Grn, Qld) and Fraser Anning (PHON, Qld) were elected in countbacks to fill the Ludlam, Waters and Roberts vacancies.
14 November 2017 26 19 5 2 1 27 9 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 73 3 Rex Patrick (NXT, SA) was appointed to the Xenophon vacancy. Meanwhile, Jacqui Lambie (JLN, Tas) resigned after discovering she held British citizenship.
22 November 2017 26 19 5 2 1 27 9 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 72 4 Skye Kakoschke-Moore (NXT, SA) resigned after discovering she held British citizenship.
22 December 2017 26 20 5 2 1 28 9 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 73 3 Liberal Jim Molan (NSW) was elected in a countback to fill the Nash vacancy.
15 January 2018 26 20 5 2 1 28 9 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 73 3 Fraser Anning (PHON, Qld) formally left One Nation to sit as an independent.
25 January 2018 25 20 5 2 1 28 9 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 72 4 Sam Dastyari (ALP, NSW) resigned.
2 February 2018 25 21 5 2 1 29 9 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 72 4 Lucy Gichuhi (Ind, SA) joined the Liberal Party.