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Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Jacqui Lambie beats One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's daughter to win Senate seat
Jacqui Lambie has secured the fifth seat in the Tasmanian Senate, edging out One Nation leader Pauline Hanson 's daughter, Lee Hanson. The Australian Electoral Commission confirmed the count on Tuesday morning following a tightly-contested electoral race. The Jacqui Lambie Network senator will join Liberal senators Richard Colbeck and Claire Chandler, Labor senators Carol Brown and Richard Dowling and Greens senator Nick McKim in rounding out the island state's six upper house representatives. More to come.
News.com.au
27-05-2025
- Politics
- News.com.au
Jacqui Lambie wins crucial sixth Senate spot, beating out One Nation's Lee Hanson
Jacqui Lambie has won the critical sixth Tasmanian Senate spot, beating Lee Hanson, the daughter of One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson. The tight race was fought down to the wire, with the Australian Electoral Commission confirming the count on Tuesday morning. Ms Lambie was elected alongside Labor senators Carol Brown and Richard Dowling, Greens senator Nick McKim, and Claire Chandler and Richard Colbeck from the Liberals. The senate maverick entered parliament in 2013 under Clive Palmer's Palmer United Party, however she disbanded from the outfit in 2014 to sit as an independent. She was also forced to resign in November 2017, alongside several other parliamentarians, after it was revealed she had inherited British citizenship from her Scottish-born father. Senator Lambie had previously declared this would be her final term as a politician if she were re-elected. 'My body is absolutely broken from what I went through with in the army and DVA (Department of Veteran's Affairs), and I'm struggling now,' she told NewsWire ahead of the federal election. Speaking to ABC in the days after the election, ACT independent senator David Pocock said it would 'be a huge loss for the Senate,' if Senator Lambie were to be unseated. 'I've got so much respect for Jacqui, I loved getting to know her and working alongside her,' he said. 'There (were) many things that we disagree on but where there (was) common ground, I worked a lot alongside her and she is a powerful voice. 'She brings a voice of reason at times and it's actually saying the kinds of things that resonate with people, cuts through the political jargon and political spin that I think more and more people are getting sick (of)'. Speaking to Sky News shortly after election day, Senator Hanson accused Senator Lambie of not being across policy, and said Lee would have had a more emphatic win if she had longer to campaign. The controversial politician previously told 'I want to see her gone,' adding that she had 'had enough' of Senator Lambie. '(Lee) had a four week campaign. That's all she had,' Senator Hanson told Sky News. 'People are so disgruntled with her (Senator Lambie), and she's against the salmon industry. 'She's throwing, you know the baby of the bath water without (doing any consulting and finding out) what can we do to save 5000 workers to do with the salmon industry.'
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Lambie beats attack from Hanson's daughter
Jacqui Lambie has won the critical sixth Tasmanian Senate spot, beating Lee Hanson, the daughter of One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson. The tight race was fought down to the wire, with the Australian Electoral Commission confirming the count on Tuesday morning. Ms Lambie was elected alongside Labor senators Carol Brown and Richard Dowling, Greens senator Nick McKim, and Claire Chandler and Richard Colbeck from the Liberals. The senate maverick entered parliament in 2013 under Clive Palmer's Palmer United Party, however she disbanded from the outfit in 2014 to sit as an independent. She was also forced to resign in November 2017, alongside several other parliamentarians, after it was revealed she had inherited British citizenship from her Scottish-born father. Senator Lambie had previously declared this would be her final term as a politician if she were re-elected. 'My body is absolutely broken from what I went through with in the army and DVA (Department of Veteran's Affairs), and I'm struggling now,' she told NewsWire ahead of the federal election. Speaking to ABC shortly after the election, ACT independent senator David Pocock said it would 'be a huge loss for the Senate,' if Senator Lambie were to be unseated. 'I've got so much respect for Jacqui, I loved getting to know her and working alongside her,' he said. 'There (were) many things that we disagree on but where there (was) common ground, I worked a lot alongside her and she is a powerful voice. 'She brings a voice of reason at times and it's actually saying the kinds of things that resonate with people, cuts through the political jargon and political spin that I think more and more people are getting sick (of)'. Speaking to Sky News shortly after election day, Senator Hanson accused Senator Lambie of not being across policy, and said Lee would have had a more emphatic win if she had longer to campaign. The controversial politician previously told 'I want to see her gone,' adding that she had 'had enough' of Senator Lambie. '(Lee) had a four week campaign. That's all she had,' Senator Hanson told Sky News. 'People are so disgruntled with her (Senator Lambie), and she's against the salmon industry. 'She's throwing, you know the baby of the bath water without (doing any consulting and finding out) what can we do to save 5000 workers to do with the salmon industry.' More to come
