The composition of the Senate has been finalised. A political expert says Labor is set to face difficult negotiations to get legislation through the upper house.
The new government will have 26 seats in the 76-member Senate, while the Coalition opposition will be the largest party with 32 seats.
Despite a more straightforward path for the government to enact its legislation compared to its predecessors, emeritus professor John Warhurst from the Australian National University said there would still be obstacles for the government. Victoria's final Senate seat went to United Australia Party member Ralph Babet, who took the sixth spot from the state from Liberal Greg Mirabella.
"In some states there was a swing against Labor, it may also be the fact that voters sometimes will vote for Labor in the lower house, but spread themselves more widely in the Senate," he said.
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