Labor likely to get a friendly Senate and still hoping for House of Representatives majority

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
Labor likely to get a friendly Senate and still hoping for House of Representatives majorityAAP/Lukas Coch

At this election, 40 of the 76 senators were up for election – six from each state and two from each territory. 72% of enrolled voters nationally for the Senate have now been counted, up from 38.5% on election night.


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