One Nation leader Pauline Hanson will retain her place in federal parliament, winning one of the last available seats in Queensland's Senate. 9News MORE:
Liberal National Party candidates James McGrath and Matt Canavan were both re-elected, as were Labor's Murray Watt and Anthony Chisholm, while Penny Allman-Payne gained a seat for the Greens.Hanson's place in the Senate had earlier looked in trouble after unexpectedly strong showings for the Greens and – in a major surprise – Legalise Cannabis Australia.
At one point in the count, the little-known party seemed a chance of ousting Hanson from parliament, with Bernie Bradley neck-and-neck with the One Nation leader in the week following election day.READ MORE:Instead it was Stoker who lost out in yet another election blow for the Coalition. The controversial Assistant Minister for Women, who made headlines for attending an anti-abortion rally in the lead-up to the election, had been in the Senate since 2018, when she took George Brandis's spot following his resignation.
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