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The Australian
2 days ago
- Business
- The Australian
Pauline Hanson's One Nation claims fourth Senate seat in surprise election victory
Pauline Hanson has nabbed another Senate seat in NSW, taking One Nation's total to four senators – the highest since 2016 when the party won four seats in the Senate. Former hostage negotiator for the British Army, Warwick Stacey won the sixth Senate seat in NSW, as confirmed by the Australian Electoral Commission on Friday, after the Coalition failed to win enough votes to secure a third seat. The remaining five seats were won by Labor's Tony Sheldon and Tim Ayres, Liberal senators Andrew Bragg and Jess Collins and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi. Senator-elect Stacey ran on policies calling for the end of 'out-of-control immigration' and the scrapping of net-zero targets. His win follows the surprise election of One Nation's Tyron Whitten in Western Australia, and the re-election of Malcolm Roberts in Queensland. The election result means the party has doubled its Senate representation from two to four, the same number of Senate seats held by the Nationals. The last time since One Nation had a record four seats in the Senate was following the 2016 double-dissolution election. Party leader Senator Hanson said May's poll was the best federal election result since the party's the 1998 election, following the party's formation in 1997. 'We actually were, I think, the only party that increased our vote in this last election right across the country, and it's about the best result that we've had since probably 1998, in votes,' she said. She credited One Nation's performance to its 'good common sense policies' and ability to hold the government to account. One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson said the party's May election performance had nabbed a 'historic' result. NewsWire / Martin Ollman However she said claims that One Nation are an 'extreme' party were 'ridiculous,' adding that unlike the Coalition, One Nation were able to push back against Labor on issues like migration and net zero. 'We're more of a centrist party than an extreme right. If you look at our policies. So it's about, you know, standing up for the Australian values … looking after the farming sector, industry, manufacturing, (a) cut back on immigration which is destroying home ownership in Australia,' she said. 'The trouble with the Coalition was they never pushed back. They couldn't state their case. They couldn't debate the issues with the Labor Party and their lies.' The final makeup of the 76-seat Senate has also revealed that Labor will hold a total of 28 positions, meaning that if the government can't achieve bipartisan support on Bills, it only needs the Greens to help pass legislation. In the last parliament Labor needed the support of both the Greens plus three cross benchers. The Coalition have won 26 seats, with the remaining six-member cross bench to be composed of David Pocock, Jacqui Lambie, Tammy Tyrrell, Lidia Thorpe, Fatima Payman and Ralph Babet. Jessica Wang NewsWire Federal Politics Reporter Jessica Wang is a federal politics reporter for NewsWire based in the Canberra Press Gallery. She previously covered NSW state politics for the Wire and has also worked at and Mamamia covering breaking news, entertainment, and lifestyle. @imjesswang_ Jessica Wang
Courier-Mail
2 days ago
- Politics
- Courier-Mail
Pauline Hanson's One Nation claims fourth Senate seat in surprise election victory
Don't miss out on the headlines from Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Pauline Hanson has nabbed another Senate seat in NSW, taking One Nation's total to four senators – the highest since 2016 when the party won four seats in the Senate. Former hostage negotiator for the British Army, Warwick Stacey won the sixth Senate seat in NSW, as confirmed by the Australian Electoral Commission on Friday, after the Coalition failed to win enough votes to secure a third seat. The remaining five seats were won by Labor's Tony Sheldon and Tim Ayres, Liberal senators Andrew Bragg and Jess Collins and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi. Senator-elect Stacey ran on policies calling for the end of 'out-of-control immigration' and the scrapping of net-zero targets. His win follows the surprise election of One Nation's Tyron Whitten in Western Australia, and the re-election of Malcolm Roberts in Queensland. The election result means the party has doubled its Senate representation from two to four, the same number of Senate seats held by the Nationals. The last time since One Nation had a record four seats in the Senate was following the 2016 double-dissolution election. Party leader Senator Hanson said May's poll was the best federal election result since the party's the 1998 election, following the party's formation in 1997. 'We actually were, I think, the only party that increased our vote in this last election right across the country, and it's about the best result that we've had since probably 1998, in votes,' she said. She credited One Nation's performance to its 'good common sense policies' and ability to hold the government to account. One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson said the party's May election performance had nabbed a 'historic' result. NewsWire / Martin Ollman However she said claims that One Nation are an 'extreme' party were 'ridiculous,' adding that unlike the Coalition, One Nation were able to push back against Labor on issues like migration and net zero. 'We're more of a centrist party than an extreme right. If you look at our policies. So it's about, you know, standing up for the Australian values … looking after the farming sector, industry, manufacturing, (a) cut back on immigration which is destroying home ownership in Australia,' she said. 'The trouble with the Coalition was they never pushed back. They couldn't state their case. They couldn't debate the issues with the Labor Party and their lies.' The final makeup of the 76-seat Senate has also revealed that Labor will hold a total of 28 positions, meaning that if the government can't achieve bipartisan support on Bills, it only needs the Greens to help pass legislation. In the last parliament Labor needed the support of both the Greens plus three cross benchers. The Coalition have won 26 seats, with the remaining six-member cross bench to be composed of David Pocock, Jacqui Lambie, Tammy Tyrrell, Lidia Thorpe, Fatima Payman and Ralph Babet. Originally published as Pauline Hanson's One Nation claims fourth Senate seat in surprise election victory
ABC News
2 days ago
- General
- ABC News
One Nation picks up surprise spot in NSW senate
One Nation's Warwick Stacey has been elected as the sixth senator in New South Wales, taking the party's seats in the upper house to four.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
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- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Why Pauline Hanson is the surprise massive WINNER of the election
The final make up of the Senate after the federal election has been decided, with One Nation claiming the final seat to equal its best standing in federal parliament. One Nation's Warwick Stacey won the sixth slot in NSW after the Australian Electoral Commission declared the results for the state on Friday. Labor was expected to pick up the final seat in NSW, but a strong flow of preferences meant the One Nation candidate was able to get over the line. It means Pauline Hanson 's party will have four senators in the next parliament, equalling its high watermark from 2016. Mr Stacey will join Senator Hanson alongside re-elected Queensland senator Malcolm Roberts and the newly elected Tyron Whitten from Western Australia. The other five senators elected from NSW included Labor's Tony Sheldon and Tim Ayres, Liberals Andrew Bragg and Jessica Collins as well as Mehreen Faruqi from the Greens. Labor will have 28 senators in the 76-seat upper house, with the coalition having 27, the Greens with 11, One Nation with four and the remaining six being independents or from minor parties. A total of 39 votes is needed to pass laws in the Senate, meaning Labor can ensure passage of bills with the support of just the Greens or the coalition. It comes as the Australian Electoral Commission launched an investigation after almost half of all votes from a polling place were ruled as informal. Of the 111 people who voted at a polling booth in Missabotti near Coffs Harbour in the seat of Cowper, 50 ballots for the lower house were filled out incorrectly. Residents from the area told the ABC they were informed by election staff to number both ballot papers from one to six, despite there being 11 candidates. Ballots for the House of Representatives must have all boxes numbered in order of preference to be deemed valid. A minimum of six boxes must be filled out on the Senate ballot paper for the party of the voter's choice. The high informal votes would not have affected the outcome in the seat, with Nationals MP Pat Conaghan winning by more than 5,000 votes. 'If the reports from Cowper are accurate and our staff were providing incorrect instructions, this is disappointing,' an electoral commission spokesman said. 'The AEC takes ballot paper formality very seriously - our intention is always to maximise the number of voters who are able to participate in a federal election by casting a formal vote.'
The Guardian
2 days ago
- Business
- The Guardian
One Nation picks up surprise NSW Senate seat for former British soldier Warwick Stacey
One Nation has gained an unexpected Senate seat in New South Wales, taking Pauline Hanson's party to four members in the upper house – equalling its best-ever result in a federal election. Warwick Stacey – a former member of the British army – has snagged the sixth Senate seat in NSW, and will join fellow new senator Tyron Whitten who was yesterday elected in Western Australia. Labor and Liberal each won two seats in NSW, in the results announced on Friday morning, alongside Mehreen Faruqi for the Greens. Labor's Tony Sheldon was elected first, alongside colleague and industry, innovation and science minister Tim Ayres, while Andrew Bragg was elected second ahead of fellow Liberal Jess Collins. Faruqi was elected in position five, with Stacey in the sixth and final spot. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email Stacey will join Hanson, Whitten, and the re-elected Malcolm Roberts in Queensland, taking the One Nation contingent to four in the Senate. That equals the party's best result in the 2016 double dissolution election – where the amount of votes to win a Senate quota is lower– when they had four senators elected: Hanson, Roberts, Brian Burston and Rod Culleton. Burston and Culleton would later quit One Nation over disputes with Hanson and the party. Stacey's bio on the One Nation website states he has a 'lifetime of experience outside the political bubble', citing policy priorities including limiting migration, supporting coal and nuclear energy, rejecting the net zero emissions target, and boosting local manufacturing. A bio posted on social media by Australians for Constitutional Monarchy, the prominent monarchist group which endorsed him for the Senate, said Stacey had joined the British army and was later commissioned into the British army's parachute regiment, later serving as as a troop commander with the Special Air Service Regiment. The description states Stacey later served 10 years in the Australian Army Reserve, before working as a military consultant in the Middle East and India, including advising on ransom, kidnap and crisis events. Information published on the Australian Army Research Centre states Stacey advised on more than 40 kidnap, extortion, piracy and related life-threatening incidents, and case managed dozens more. An alumni bio on the Sydney Grammar School website that appears to be written by Stacey says he speaks French, Arabic, Farsi, German and Spanish, and that his crisis management work had included dealing with kidnappings in Latin America. The information about Stacey's military record is not listed in his One Nation biography, but was corroborated by him on a podcast in March. He said he was born in Sydney, brought up in Victoria, and travelled to Europe 'because of my interest in languages'. 'While I was there, I fell into the British army. So effectively, I spent eight years as a professional soldier in the British Army. I was commissioned into the parachute regiment, and I later served with 22 SAS,' Stacey told the podcast. 'After I left the army, I worked in the Middle East as a military contractor, and doing that was very interesting work.' Stacey said he later started his own business in crisis management, which he claimed included work responding to extortion attempts as well as 'Somali piracy'. 'I was a kidnap for ransom response consultant and advising clients on how to successfully resolve a kidnap, how to negotiate a ransom and to get the return of the victim,' he said. Guardian Australia attempted to contact Stacey for comment. A One Nation source, who said Stacey was currently overseas for personal reasons, confirmed he had spent time in the British military and was involved in crisis management, but did not confirm the particulars. Guardian Australia spoke to Stacey last month, at the ballot draw for the NSW Senate. 'Australia needs people to stand up, not to complain. If you complain, stand up. And I complain and I'm standing up. I love the challenge. It's hard work, but I enjoy hard work,' he said. Despite being drawn sixth on the ballot, Stacey said: 'We are going to win anyway. I think the state of the nation and the sentiment and temper of the people are looking at a change.' Additional reporting by Sarah Basford Canales and Luca Ittimani
