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Candidates war for 40 Senate seats

ByRomeo Minalane

May 16, 2022
Candidates war for 40 Senate seats

THE SENATE RACE

40 seats are up for grabs at the half of-Senate election

Six senators are being elected in each and each train and two in each and each territory

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QUEENSLAND

Five sitting senators are up for re-election:

Matt Canavan (Nationals)

Anthony Chisholm (Labor)

Pauline Hanson (One Nation)

James McGrath (Liberal)

Amanda Stoker (Liberal)

Murray Watt (Labor)

Possible result: LNP three seats, Labor two, with Pauline Hanson furthermore being returned.

The Greens’ Penny Allman-Payne, United Australia Celebration’s Clive Palmer and the Liberal Democrats’ Campbell Newman are furthermore within the working.

NSW

Four sitting senators up for re-election:

Jenny McAllister (Labor)

Jim Molan AO DSC (Liberal)

Deb O’Neill (Labor)

Marise Payne (Liberal)

The Nationals are standing Ross Cadell on the coalition label.

Possible result: Liberal two, Nationals one, Labor two, Greens’ David Shoebridge or Labor’s Shireen Morris taking the sixth seat.

VICTORIA

Five sitting senators up for re-election:

Sarah Handerson (Liberal)

Bridget McKenzie (Nationals)

Greg Mirabella (Liberal)

Jana Stewart (Labor)

Lidia Thorpe (Greens)

Possible result: Liberal two, Nationals one, Labor two (union chief Linda White taking the 2nd seat), Greens one.

WA

Six senators seeking re-election:

Michaelia Money (Liberal)

Dorinda Cox (Greens)

Sue Strains (Labor)

Ben Little (Liberal)

Dean Smith (Liberal)

Glenn Sterle (Labor)

Possible result: Liberal three, Labor two, Greens one

SA

Six senators seeking re-election:

Simon Birmingham (Liberal)

Don Farrell (Labor)

Stirling Griff (Centre Alliance)

Andrew McLachlan (Liberal)

Rex Patrick (Self reliant)

Penny Wong (Labor)

Wildcard: Reduce Xenophon is making a fresh tilt for the upper home

Possible result: Liberal two, Labor two, with the closing two seats being a urge between Liberal Kerrynne Liddle, Xenophon, the Greens’ Barbara Pocock and Patrick.

TASMANIA

Six senators seeking re-election:

Eric Abetz (Liberal)

Wendy Askew (Liberal)

Jonathon Duniam (Liberal)

Helen Polley (Labor)

Anne Urquhart (Labor)

Peter Whish-Wilson (Greens)

Possible result: Liberal three, Labor two, Greens one.

ACT

Two senators seeking re-election:

Katy Gallagher (Labor)

Zed Seselja (Liberal)

Wildcard: ragged Wallaby David Pocock working as an just.

Possible result: Labor one, Liberal one.

NT

Two senators seeking re-election:

Malarndirri McCarthy (Labor)

Sam McMahon (Liberal Democrats, however was as soon as elected final time as a Country Liberal)

Wildcard: Country Liberal Celebration is working excessive-profile Indigenous chief Jacinta Nampijinpa Ticket

Possible result: Labor one, CLP one.

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