Overview

• The AEC confirmed on Tuesday that independent senator Jacqui Lambie captured the decisive sixth Tasmanian Senate spot.
• Lambie narrowly outpaced One Nation’s Lee Hanson, daughter of party leader Pauline Hanson, after weeks of vote counting.
• She joins Labor’s Carol Brown and Richard Dowling, Greens senator Nick McKim and Liberals Claire Chandler and Richard Colbeck.
• A military veteran, Lambie has been a vocal advocate for veterans’ affairs, Tasmania’s salmon farming industry and small businesses.
• Her re-election solidifies the Senate lineup and leaves Labor reliant on crossbench support from the Greens or Coalition to pass legislation.