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Might as well keep a running thread of the senate results coming out this week. (Or the coming weeks.)
The good news today is the Greens have won the final senate seat in Tasmania. In spite of the major parties and the Dems directing prefs to Family First ahead of them. The Greens have the 'below the line' voters to thank.
http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/news/
http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/what/publications/update17.htm
The other results are expected to be: NSW (3 Coal; 3 ALP); Victoria (3 Coal, 2 ALP, 1 FF); WA (3 Coal; 2 ALP; 1 Greens); SA (3 Coal; 3 ALP). And both the territories delivering one seat each for the major parties.
The most interesting race is in Queensland, where if the Coalition gets four senators up they'll have an outright majority. At the moment it looks like that will happen (4 Coal; 2 ALP). But if the Nationals candidate falls out of the race at an important stage of the count (they need to move ahead of One Nation and then get their preferences), then the seat will be delivered to the Greens.
The good news today is the Greens have won the final senate seat in Tasmania. In spite of the major parties and the Dems directing prefs to Family First ahead of them. The Greens have the 'below the line' voters to thank.
http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/news/
http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/what/publications/update17.htm
The other results are expected to be: NSW (3 Coal; 3 ALP); Victoria (3 Coal, 2 ALP, 1 FF); WA (3 Coal; 2 ALP; 1 Greens); SA (3 Coal; 3 ALP). And both the territories delivering one seat each for the major parties.
The most interesting race is in Queensland, where if the Coalition gets four senators up they'll have an outright majority. At the moment it looks like that will happen (4 Coal; 2 ALP). But if the Nationals candidate falls out of the race at an important stage of the count (they need to move ahead of One Nation and then get their preferences), then the seat will be delivered to the Greens.

