After the double dissolution election, every senator wants a six-year double term. New Victorian senator Derryn Hinch has even said he will sue for one. But who really makes the decision?
While the counting continues, the rise of controversial minority senators has many around the country concerned.
And there is another question still to be answered: which senators will get the highly-prized double six-year terms and which will be forced to fight to retain their seats after a single three-year term?
Australia has 12 senators for each state and four senators for each territory.
In a normal election cycle, Australian senators are elected every three years for a six-year term. This means that every time Australia has a federal election, voters elect politicians to the House of Representatives and half of the Senate seats.
At the following federal election, the other half of the Senate seats go up for re-election.
But in a double dissolution election all the seats are vacated.
This means half of the elected senators will get to serve out a six-year term, but the other half will have their term cut short and will have to campaign in the next federal election, due to be held in 2019.
