Federal politics live: Labor projected to win Tasmanian seat of Franklin, taking confirmed seat count to 87
Tasmanian Labor MP Julie Collins is projected to retain the seat of Franklin in Tasmania's south.
The agriculture minister held off a strong challenge from independent Peter George, who was campaigning against commercial salmon farming.
It came after independent MP Zoe Daniel was defeated in the seat of Goldstein yesterday, becoming the first of the "teal" independents swept to power in 2022 to lose their seat.
Meanwhile, Adam Bandt remains in danger in his seat of Melbourne, with Labor's Sarah Witty leading on a two-party-preferred basis and the Greens leader struggling to pick up enough support from Liberal or other minor party preferences to get him on top.
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Liberal senator calls for Coalition to drop its nuclear energy policy
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Liberal senator
Maria Kovacic
says she wants the Coalition's nuclear energy policy needs to be scrapped.
Kovacic has told
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that Australians delivered a resounding message to the Coalition's policies on Saturday.
She says the nuclear policy was at odds with Liberal Party values of free markets and small government.
"The notion of the party that is meant to do that, that is the cornerstone of it's values, would then nationalise a major portion of our energy system is completely at odds with who we are and what we stand for," she says.
She says Saturday's election result was "devastating" for the Liberal Party who have lost "very good members of parliament".
"We have lost shadow cabinet ministers, so the message from the community is very, very clear, and that's why I believe this nuclear policy has to go," she says.
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🗳️ Labor's Julie Collins retains Franklin, ABC projects
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The ABC projects that Labor MP
Julie Collins
has retained the seat of Franklin, in Tasmania's south.
The agriculture minister has held off a strong challenge from independentcandidate
Peter George
who was campaigning against commercial salmon farming.
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Hi everyone! Welcome back to another day of federal politics live.
We're just four days post-election and vote counting is continuing for all those seats across the country too close to call.
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