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News.com.au
3 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Pauline Hanson's daughter Lee Hanson vows political comeback after failed Senate tilt
The daughter of One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and failed senate contender Lee Hanson has vowed to return to politics after she just missed out on a Senate spot. After weeks of counting, the Australian Electoral Commission confirmed the six senate vacancies were won by Labor's Carol Brown and Richard Dowling, Greens senator Nick McKim, Liberal senators Claire Chandler and Richard Colbeck, as well as firebrand senator Jacqui Lambie. Despite early fears that Ms Hanson could topple Senator Lambie, the first-time contender came in seventh and fell short of a seat. Speaking to NewsWire on Wednesday, Ms Hanson said that despite only running a four-week campaign, she was able to amass a 'phenomenal' amount of support, and vowed a return to politics. 'I'm only getting started … There's such a need for effective change and adequate representation in parliament,' she said. 'I've got three years now to campaign if I choose to run in the next federal election … I'll continue to work with them regardless, and do what I can to support them regardless of holding a federal position or not.' Ms Hanson, who resigned from a senior role with Hydro Tasmania to run in the federal election, wouldn't rule out becoming a political staffer for One Nation, stating she was 'keeping all options open'. 'I don't know what the future is going to hold now. They're all decisions I'll need to make over the coming weeks and months,' she said. Ms Hanson said her four-week campaign had revealed people had several 'misconceptions' about One Nation, specially that the party was only 'Queensland relevant'. 'We do look at localised issues and advocate for localised issues as well as common national stances as well,' she said. 'The ones that typically do get a run in the media are immigration and things ... but if you look at the solutions and the policy offerings of One Nation, they're far (reaching).' She also accused media of pitting her against Senator Lambie, stating comments from Senator Hanson stating that she wants 'to see her (Senator Lambie) gone' were made through her mother's 'own working experience with Jacqui in the Senate'. 'That's the spin that they (the media) pushed … even though it was never (part of) any agenda or any message I tried to put out in any way, shape or form,' she said. While Ms Hanson said she had never had any contact with or spoken to Senator Lambie, she wished her well and called on her to '(listen) to the 'feedback she's received through the election period'. 'I did hear that many Tasmanians did not feel that Jacqui was representing them adequately, and those who did vote for me wanted a change,' she said. 'There's number of reasons why they didn't feel she was representing them, I know, specifically in the salmon industry.' Following confirmation of the Senate result, Senator Lambie, who has previously said this six-year term would be her last, vowed to fight for Tasmanian people 'doing it tough'. 'Interest rates are coming down and that's good, but for many Tasmanian families it will barely touch the sides,' she said. 'I want to ensure the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide are implemented properly and that they make a real difference to the lives of veterans and their families.' Following the federal election, Labor now holds four of the 12 Tasmanian Senate positions, while the Liberals have four. The Greens hold two seats, with the remaining spots held by independent Tammy Tyrell and Senator Lambie.
Sky News AU
4 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Jacqui Lambie's vote ‘drops considerably' after scraping into the Senate
Sky News contributor Teena McQueen says Senator Jacqui Lambie's vote has 'dropped considerably' despite winning a tightly contested race against One Nation's Lee Hanson. Senator Jacqui Lambie has emerged victorious in her battle against One Nation's Lee Hanson after winning the fifth Tasmanian Senate spot. The Australian Electoral Commission confirmed the win on Tuesday morning, along with Liberal Senator Richard Colbeck, who won the sixth and final Tasmanian seat.
The Advertiser
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Pauline Hanson's daughter defeated by firebrand senator
Firebrand Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has defeated Pauline Hanson's daughter after a nail-biting count, as election contests continue to go down to the wire. Senator Lambie faced a tight race to retain her Senate seat against One Nation's Lee Hanson, whose mother Pauline founded the party. On Tuesday, the Australian Electoral Commission declared Senator Lambie had triumphed, scraping into Tasmania's fifth upper chamber spot as Liberal Richard Colbeck took the sixth seat and left Ms Hanson out in the cold. Senator Lambie thanked her supporters and vowed to help those doing it tough over the next six years. "Representing Tasmania and bringing the voices and concerns of the people to Canberra is what gets me out of bed in the morning!" she said in a statement. Tasmania's other senators include Labor's Carol Brown and Richard Dowling, the Liberals' Claire Chandler and Nick McKim from the Greens. In the House of Representatives, two seats are undergoing recounts after close races. Election officials in the north Sydney seat of Bradfield are undertaking a full recount after eight votes separated Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian from independent challenger Nicolette Boele. In a cavernous warehouse 40km from the Sydney CBD, the vote counters - armed with bare fingers or perhaps a rubber thimble - flicked through wads of green ballot papers as scrutineers loomed. As of Tuesday afternoon, Ms Kapterian was ahead by 11 votes. A partial recount will soon be under way in the inner-Melbourne seat of Goldstein, where independent Zoe Daniel attempted to fend off Liberal candidate Tim Wilson. The full distribution put Mr Wilson ahead of the incumbent by 260 votes. The Bradfield recount could take up to two weeks while the tally in Goldstein is expected to take four days and will begin on Wednesday. The Senate will also be home to some new faces after Labor's landslide May 3 election win. Charlotte Walker will become Australia's youngest-ever senator at just 21 after she was preselected in the usually unwinnable third spot on Labor's South Australian ticket. The youngest person to be elected to an Australian parliament was Liberal Wyatt Roy, who was 20 when he became a member of the lower house in 2010, while Ms Walker will be the youngest holder of an upper house seat. Tasmanian Labor senator Anne Urquhart, who vacated her spot to run for and eventually win the Tasmanian lower house seat of Braddon, will be replaced by former union representative Josh Dolega. He will become the Apple Isle's second openly gay senator after Bob Brown. Firebrand Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has defeated Pauline Hanson's daughter after a nail-biting count, as election contests continue to go down to the wire. Senator Lambie faced a tight race to retain her Senate seat against One Nation's Lee Hanson, whose mother Pauline founded the party. On Tuesday, the Australian Electoral Commission declared Senator Lambie had triumphed, scraping into Tasmania's fifth upper chamber spot as Liberal Richard Colbeck took the sixth seat and left Ms Hanson out in the cold. Senator Lambie thanked her supporters and vowed to help those doing it tough over the next six years. "Representing Tasmania and bringing the voices and concerns of the people to Canberra is what gets me out of bed in the morning!" she said in a statement. Tasmania's other senators include Labor's Carol Brown and Richard Dowling, the Liberals' Claire Chandler and Nick McKim from the Greens. In the House of Representatives, two seats are undergoing recounts after close races. Election officials in the north Sydney seat of Bradfield are undertaking a full recount after eight votes separated Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian from independent challenger Nicolette Boele. In a cavernous warehouse 40km from the Sydney CBD, the vote counters - armed with bare fingers or perhaps a rubber thimble - flicked through wads of green ballot papers as scrutineers loomed. As of Tuesday afternoon, Ms Kapterian was ahead by 11 votes. A partial recount will soon be under way in the inner-Melbourne seat of Goldstein, where independent Zoe Daniel attempted to fend off Liberal candidate Tim Wilson. The full distribution put Mr Wilson ahead of the incumbent by 260 votes. The Bradfield recount could take up to two weeks while the tally in Goldstein is expected to take four days and will begin on Wednesday. The Senate will also be home to some new faces after Labor's landslide May 3 election win. Charlotte Walker will become Australia's youngest-ever senator at just 21 after she was preselected in the usually unwinnable third spot on Labor's South Australian ticket. The youngest person to be elected to an Australian parliament was Liberal Wyatt Roy, who was 20 when he became a member of the lower house in 2010, while Ms Walker will be the youngest holder of an upper house seat. Tasmanian Labor senator Anne Urquhart, who vacated her spot to run for and eventually win the Tasmanian lower house seat of Braddon, will be replaced by former union representative Josh Dolega. He will become the Apple Isle's second openly gay senator after Bob Brown. Firebrand Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has defeated Pauline Hanson's daughter after a nail-biting count, as election contests continue to go down to the wire. Senator Lambie faced a tight race to retain her Senate seat against One Nation's Lee Hanson, whose mother Pauline founded the party. On Tuesday, the Australian Electoral Commission declared Senator Lambie had triumphed, scraping into Tasmania's fifth upper chamber spot as Liberal Richard Colbeck took the sixth seat and left Ms Hanson out in the cold. Senator Lambie thanked her supporters and vowed to help those doing it tough over the next six years. "Representing Tasmania and bringing the voices and concerns of the people to Canberra is what gets me out of bed in the morning!" she said in a statement. Tasmania's other senators include Labor's Carol Brown and Richard Dowling, the Liberals' Claire Chandler and Nick McKim from the Greens. In the House of Representatives, two seats are undergoing recounts after close races. Election officials in the north Sydney seat of Bradfield are undertaking a full recount after eight votes separated Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian from independent challenger Nicolette Boele. In a cavernous warehouse 40km from the Sydney CBD, the vote counters - armed with bare fingers or perhaps a rubber thimble - flicked through wads of green ballot papers as scrutineers loomed. As of Tuesday afternoon, Ms Kapterian was ahead by 11 votes. A partial recount will soon be under way in the inner-Melbourne seat of Goldstein, where independent Zoe Daniel attempted to fend off Liberal candidate Tim Wilson. The full distribution put Mr Wilson ahead of the incumbent by 260 votes. The Bradfield recount could take up to two weeks while the tally in Goldstein is expected to take four days and will begin on Wednesday. The Senate will also be home to some new faces after Labor's landslide May 3 election win. Charlotte Walker will become Australia's youngest-ever senator at just 21 after she was preselected in the usually unwinnable third spot on Labor's South Australian ticket. The youngest person to be elected to an Australian parliament was Liberal Wyatt Roy, who was 20 when he became a member of the lower house in 2010, while Ms Walker will be the youngest holder of an upper house seat. Tasmanian Labor senator Anne Urquhart, who vacated her spot to run for and eventually win the Tasmanian lower house seat of Braddon, will be replaced by former union representative Josh Dolega. He will become the Apple Isle's second openly gay senator after Bob Brown. Firebrand Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has defeated Pauline Hanson's daughter after a nail-biting count, as election contests continue to go down to the wire. Senator Lambie faced a tight race to retain her Senate seat against One Nation's Lee Hanson, whose mother Pauline founded the party. On Tuesday, the Australian Electoral Commission declared Senator Lambie had triumphed, scraping into Tasmania's fifth upper chamber spot as Liberal Richard Colbeck took the sixth seat and left Ms Hanson out in the cold. Senator Lambie thanked her supporters and vowed to help those doing it tough over the next six years. "Representing Tasmania and bringing the voices and concerns of the people to Canberra is what gets me out of bed in the morning!" she said in a statement. Tasmania's other senators include Labor's Carol Brown and Richard Dowling, the Liberals' Claire Chandler and Nick McKim from the Greens. In the House of Representatives, two seats are undergoing recounts after close races. Election officials in the north Sydney seat of Bradfield are undertaking a full recount after eight votes separated Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian from independent challenger Nicolette Boele. In a cavernous warehouse 40km from the Sydney CBD, the vote counters - armed with bare fingers or perhaps a rubber thimble - flicked through wads of green ballot papers as scrutineers loomed. As of Tuesday afternoon, Ms Kapterian was ahead by 11 votes. A partial recount will soon be under way in the inner-Melbourne seat of Goldstein, where independent Zoe Daniel attempted to fend off Liberal candidate Tim Wilson. The full distribution put Mr Wilson ahead of the incumbent by 260 votes. The Bradfield recount could take up to two weeks while the tally in Goldstein is expected to take four days and will begin on Wednesday. The Senate will also be home to some new faces after Labor's landslide May 3 election win. Charlotte Walker will become Australia's youngest-ever senator at just 21 after she was preselected in the usually unwinnable third spot on Labor's South Australian ticket. The youngest person to be elected to an Australian parliament was Liberal Wyatt Roy, who was 20 when he became a member of the lower house in 2010, while Ms Walker will be the youngest holder of an upper house seat. Tasmanian Labor senator Anne Urquhart, who vacated her spot to run for and eventually win the Tasmanian lower house seat of Braddon, will be replaced by former union representative Josh Dolega. He will become the Apple Isle's second openly gay senator after Bob Brown.
The Guardian
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Afternoon Update: Jacqui Lambie re-elected; dust storm sweeps across Australia; and a feud over humanity's origins
Good afternoon. Jacqui Lambie has been elected for another term in federal parliament, after the electoral commission announced Senate results for Tasmania and the Northern Territory this morning. In an email after the result was confirmed, the crossbench senator thanked supporters and said representing Tasmania was 'what gets me out of bed in the morning'. In Tasmania, the six Senate seats were won by two Labor senators, two Liberals and the Greens' Nick McKim, with Lambie finishing in fifth spot. Lee Hanson, the daughter of the One Nation founder, Pauline, was unsuccessful in her attempt to win a Senate seat. In the NT, as expected, Labor and the Coalition won the two seats on offer: Malarndirri McCarthy, the minister for Indigenous Australians, was elected at No 1; Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, the Country Liberal party senator, claimed the second spot. Yesterday the AEC declared Senate results for South Australia, with the rest of the states and territories to be announced in following days. Pending further results, Labor could end up with between 28 and 30 Senate seats, with the Greens on 11 and the Coalition on 27. 'Who died?': Erin Patterson 'surprised' when police told her of mushroom lunch guests' deaths, trial hears Western Australia announces redress scheme for members of the Stolen Generations Almost 800 homes destroyed by NSW floods with tally to rise as damage assessments continue Australian tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle may avoid jail in plea deal NSW Blues beef up security after State of Origin training footage leak Japan introduces rules to put outlandish baby names to bed Parts of Sydney faced 'extremely poor' air quality warnings on Tuesday morning as a dust storm swept in from inland Australia. Dust also swept through Melbourne, Canberra and surrounding regions after travelling from South Australia, where it hit the town of Orroroo on Monday, blocking out the sky and covering the area in an orange haze. 'Young people [have] this very ideological, almost zealous view of, you know, 'fossil fuel bad, renewables good', [but] are happily plugging in their devices, ordering things from Shein and Temu.' The boss of Australian gas giant Woodside, Meg O'Neill, has criticised young people who take an ideological stand against fossil fuels, suggesting they are hypocrites for ordering cheap online consumer goods 'without any sort of recognition of the energy and carbon impact of their actions'. Woodside is waiting for ministerial approval to extend its North West Shelf gas project until 2070, which critics say will worsen the climate crisis and risk ancient Aboriginal rock art in the area. In a letter to the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, more than 800 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges said that in order for the UK to meet its 'fundamental international legal obligations', it must sanction the Netanyahu government, citing mounting evidence of genocide in Gaza. The call comes as thousands of Israelis joined a violent, racist march through Jerusalem's Muslim quarter, where large groups chanted racist slogans including 'Gaza is ours', 'death to the Arabs' and 'may their villages burn'. Israeli airstrikes killed more than 100 Palestinians over the weekend, including 11-year-old Yaqeen Hammad, Gaza's youngest influencer. Sign up to Afternoon Update Our Australian afternoon update breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what's happening and why it matters after newsletter promotion The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity's origins When fossilised remains were discovered in the Djurab desert in 2001, they were hailed as radically rewriting the history of our species. But not everyone was convinced – and the bitter argument that followed has consumed the lives of scholars ever since. Today's starter word is: TAXI. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply. If you would like to receive this Afternoon Update to your email inbox every weekday, sign up here, or start your day with a curated breakdown of the key stories you need to know with our Morning Mail newsletter. You can follow the latest in US politics by signing up for This Week in Trumpland.
The Guardian
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Jacqui Lambie celebrates re-election as Senate results confirmed for Tasmania and NT
Jacqui Lambie has been elected for another term in federal parliament as the second batch of Senate results from the 3 May election are confirmed. After weeks of counting, the Australian Electoral Commission distributed preferences and finalised results for the Senate in Tasmania and the Northern Territory on Tuesday morning. Labor is improve its position in the upper house. In the NT, as expected, Labor and the Coalition won the two seats on offer: Malarndirri McCarthy, the minister for Indigenous Australians, was elected at No 1; Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, the Country Liberal party senator, claimed the second spot. In Tasmania, six Senate seats have been won by two Labor senators (Carol Brown and Richard Dowling), two Liberals (Claire Chandler and Richard Colbeck) and the Greens' Nick McKim, as well as Lambie. Lee Hanson, the daughter of the One Nation founder Pauline, was unsuccessful in her attempt to win a Senate seat in Tasmania. 'I am very grateful that the Tasmanian people have given me the chance to fight for them for another six years,' Lambie wrote in an email thanking supporters after the result was confirmed. 'Representing Tasmania and bringing the voices and concerns of the people to Canberra, is what gets me out of bed in the morning! Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email 'My focus is on the Tasmanian people, especially those doing it tough. Interest rates are coming down and that's good, but for many Tasmanian families it will barely touch the sides.' In a post on social media, the Jacqui Lambie Network – the senator's political party – also thanked voters. Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion 'Campaigns are tough, but your energy, belief in fairness, and commitment to keeping Canberra honest kept us going every day,' the post said. 'This campaign has been powered by everyday Aussies who want a bit of honesty, fairness, and common sense back in politics.' Tuesday's results came after the AEC on Monday declared senators for the state of South Australia – the first confirmed results in the upper house. The Labor senators Marielle Smith and Karen Grogan have returned to parliament, along with the Liberals Alex Antic and Anne Ruston, and the Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young; Labor also won the last spot, with 21-year-old Charlotte Walker to join the parliament. Results from Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory are expected on Wednesday, with Western Australia on Thursday, and New South Wales and Queensland to follow either on Friday or early next week. The AEC has been conducting complex counts and recounts in the seats of Calwell, Bradfield and Goldstein; Calwell was on Monday finally called for Labor while recounts in the other two seats continue. In the Senate, Labor is expected to be able to pass legislation with only the help of the Greens or the Coalition in this term, and is not likely to require the help of crossbenchers including Lambie or David Pocock, who were influential in the previous parliament. The former Greens leader Adam Bandt, who unexpectedly lost his own seat of Melbourne, had urged the government to deal with the Greens in the Senate to enact 'an era of progressive change in the parliament'. Pending further results, Labor could end up with between 28 and 30 Senate seats, with the Greens on 11, and the Coalition on 27. The Coalition has lost one Senate seat in South Australia, and could lose a further seat in each of NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. Price, re-elected in the NT, is among those likely to receive a Coalition frontbench position when the combined Liberal-National shadow ministry is announced this week. Her decision to switch allegiances, and sit in the Liberal party room rather than with the Nationals, was among factors which helped spark last week's Coalition divorce.
