Senate results: Hanson-Young returns, but Hinch, Anning and Burston are gone

Australian Conservatives’ Cory Bernardi, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and Centre Alliance have all won seats

Derryn Hinch, Fraser Anning, Brian Burston and the Liberal Democrats senator, Duncan Spender, have all lost their Senate seats but One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts is still in with a chance in Queensland.

The best-case scenario for the Coalition could see it pick up an extra three seats in the Senate, to give the government 34 seats, five short of the 39 needed to pass legislation. Prior to the election, the Coalition had 31 senators.

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