A predicted swing to One Nation failed to materialise, but the Liberal Democrats are likely to obtain a berth.
including philanthropist Nick Fairfax, teal backer Rob Keldoulis, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull’s son Alex and environmental philanthropists, the Susan McKinnon Foundation.
The Liberal Democrats, a small-government, civil liberties party, had 3 per cent of the vote late on Monday. The Shooters are likely to scrape over the line for 20th spot. A spokesman said that while it was “confident” of a seat, it was reluctant to predict a victory given the party’s experience in the 2019 election, when candidate David Leyonhjelm was on track for an upper house berth until late in the count, when a strong flow of preferences rewarded the Animal Justice Party’s Emma Hurst.
Greens drug reform spokeswoman Cate Faehrmann said the party was confident of two spots, and “there’s fingers crossed for a third”, she said. The upper house count takes weeks, and the outcome can change as final preferences are distributed.Faehrmann said: “I don’t think we’re going to know the balance of the upper house [for a while], whether it’s controlled by the Coalition with a handful of right-wing parties, or whether we’ve got progressive parties in the balance of power.
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