Let’s take a look at how the Senate count is progressing.
As mentioned above, the ACT is expected to pull out the two-party system for the first time when it comes to its representatives in the Senate (Pocock seems willing to take the seat of Liberal Zed Seselja based on the preferences of the Greens and another independent by the Greens). name of Kim Rubenstein). Labor MP Katy Gallagher has already been elected and sworn in as finance minister.
Tammy Tyrrell of the Jacqui Lambie network is expected to occupy the sixth and final seat in the Tasmanian Senate. Credit: Joe Armao
In NSW, the sixth and final seat is likely to be won by Liberal Jim Molan. One Liberal senator, one national, two Labor and one Green have already been elected with more than 46 per cent of the vote counted.
In Victoria, Ralph Babet of the United Australia Party is running for the sixth and final seat in the state. However, it will be reduced to preferences after obtaining 3.3% of the votes. Two seats in the Senate have already been confirmed, two for the Coalition and one for the Greens.
The count is a little less clear in Queensland. Two Coalition senators and a Labor member have been re-elected. However, the last three places are yet to be confirmed. ABC’s Antony Green says the remaining seats will likely go to the Greens, Labor and a Nation.
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In Western Australia, Labor could end up winning the sixth and final seat. Just over 45% of Senate ballots have been counted. Two Labor senators, two from the Coalition and one from the Greens have already been confirmed.
It is quite the opposite in South Australia, where the Liberals could be in sixth place. Two Liberals, two Labor members and a Green senator have already been selected.
In the Northern Territory, only 39.1% of the upper house ballots were counted. But the two seats have already been ceded to Labor and Coalition.
And in Tasmania, Tammy Tyrrell of the Jacqui Lambie network is expected to win the sixth and final seat in the state Senate. A Labor senator, two Liberals and a Green have already been confirmed. A second Labor senator is very likely.
If the above results are confirmed, it would mean that Labor needs the support of the Greens and at least one other senator (for example, David Pocock or Jacqui Lambie) to pass legislation.