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| Labor senator Lisa Singh re-elected after grassroots campaign overcomes low ticket spot | Labor senator Lisa Singh re-elected after grassroots campaign overcomes low ticket spot |
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| The Tasmanian Labor senator Lisa Singh has been re-elected off the back of a strong below-the-line vote despite being dropped to sixth on her party’s Senate ticket. | The Tasmanian Labor senator Lisa Singh has been re-elected off the back of a strong below-the-line vote despite being dropped to sixth on her party’s Senate ticket. |
| Singh tweeted that she was “deeply honoured” by the historic result, the first time a candidate has been elected on below-the-line votes since the above and below the line system was introduced in 1984. | Singh tweeted that she was “deeply honoured” by the historic result, the first time a candidate has been elected on below-the-line votes since the above and below the line system was introduced in 1984. |
| The Greens senator Nick McKim has also been re-elected in Tasmania, edging out One Nation and the Liberal senator Richard Colbeck, who nearly staged a Singh-like upset after being dropped to fifth on his party’s ticket. | The Greens senator Nick McKim has also been re-elected in Tasmania, edging out One Nation and the Liberal senator Richard Colbeck, who nearly staged a Singh-like upset after being dropped to fifth on his party’s ticket. |
| The results mean that Labor has won five Senate seats in Tasmania, the Liberals four, Greens two and Jacqui Lambie one. | The results mean that Labor has won five Senate seats in Tasmania, the Liberals four, Greens two and Jacqui Lambie one. |
| It has taken three and a half weeks since the 2 July election to complete counting and allocate preferences. | It has taken three and a half weeks since the 2 July election to complete counting and allocate preferences. |
| Labor’s Cathy O’Toole has claimed victory in the last undecided lower house seat of Herbert despite the incumbent not conceding, and the Australian Electoral Commission has paid $60.5m in public funding to 24 parties and 24 independent candidates. | Labor’s Cathy O’Toole has claimed victory in the last undecided lower house seat of Herbert despite the incumbent not conceding, and the Australian Electoral Commission has paid $60.5m in public funding to 24 parties and 24 independent candidates. |
| In a statement Colbeck said: “I unfortunately don’t have the numbers to continue the great privilege of representing Tasmania in the Senate.” | In a statement Colbeck said: “I unfortunately don’t have the numbers to continue the great privilege of representing Tasmania in the Senate.” |
| Colbeck was Tasmania’s only minister, holding the tourism and international education portfolios in the last parliament, before he lost the roles in the reshuffle on 18 July. | Colbeck was Tasmania’s only minister, holding the tourism and international education portfolios in the last parliament, before he lost the roles in the reshuffle on 18 July. |
| He congratulated successful candidates and said the Senate “throws us all together” and generates friendships among “strange bedfellows”. | He congratulated successful candidates and said the Senate “throws us all together” and generates friendships among “strange bedfellows”. |
| “It is important to thank the Liberal party, without whose franchise I would never have had the opportunity to be in this role,” he said. | “It is important to thank the Liberal party, without whose franchise I would never have had the opportunity to be in this role,” he said. |
| Deeply honored by this historic result that's returned me to the @AuSenate Thank you Tasmanians this is your win. #ausvotes #politas | Deeply honored by this historic result that's returned me to the @AuSenate Thank you Tasmanians this is your win. #ausvotes #politas |
| In the final undecided lower house seat, Labor’s O’Toole claimed victory on Facebook over incumbent MP Ewen Jones despite holding a lead of just 35 votes on the last AEC update on Tuesday. | In the final undecided lower house seat, Labor’s O’Toole claimed victory on Facebook over incumbent MP Ewen Jones despite holding a lead of just 35 votes on the last AEC update on Tuesday. |
| O’Toole said: “The recount finished today and I have won by 35 votes. We have the full preference recount to complete and then the seat can be declared, I believe. | O’Toole said: “The recount finished today and I have won by 35 votes. We have the full preference recount to complete and then the seat can be declared, I believe. |
| “This is the most amazing, surreal feeling.” | “This is the most amazing, surreal feeling.” |
| She thanked volunteers and said Labor had waited 20 years for a win in Herbert. | She thanked volunteers and said Labor had waited 20 years for a win in Herbert. |
| Jones told Guardian Australia the full preference allocation in the seat would continue into the weekend and that could still tip him over the line. | Jones told Guardian Australia the full preference allocation in the seat would continue into the weekend and that could still tip him over the line. |
| “We’re forever hopeful,” he said. “We have to wait for it to play out.” | “We’re forever hopeful,” he said. “We have to wait for it to play out.” |
| The result may also be challenged in the court of disputed returns, which parties consider feasible if one candidate wins by fewer than 150 votes. | The result may also be challenged in the court of disputed returns, which parties consider feasible if one candidate wins by fewer than 150 votes. |
| The LNP is seeking legal advice about its concerns that soldiers on exercise and hospital patients may have missed out on voting. | The LNP is seeking legal advice about its concerns that soldiers on exercise and hospital patients may have missed out on voting. |
| Under public election funding laws, the AEC pays $2.63 a vote to all parties and candidates who receive 4% or more of the first preference votes. | Under public election funding laws, the AEC pays $2.63 a vote to all parties and candidates who receive 4% or more of the first preference votes. |
| The Liberal party has received $23.5m, Labor $22.4m, the Greens $6.3m and the Nationals $3.2m. | The Liberal party has received $23.5m, Labor $22.4m, the Greens $6.3m and the Nationals $3.2m. |
| Minor parties who received substantial funding included Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, which got $1.6m, the Nick Xenophon Team ($1.2m) and Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party ($544,000). | Minor parties who received substantial funding included Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, which got $1.6m, the Nick Xenophon Team ($1.2m) and Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party ($544,000). |
| Independents who received funding included Cathy McGowan and Andrew Wilkie, who got $81,000 and $76,000 for claiming their lower house seats. | Independents who received funding included Cathy McGowan and Andrew Wilkie, who got $81,000 and $76,000 for claiming their lower house seats. |
| Unsuccessful independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott collected $72,000 and $71,000 respectively. | Unsuccessful independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott collected $72,000 and $71,000 respectively. |