Malcolm Roberts returns to Senate for One Nation, as SA, WA and Queensland teams finalised

Voters in South Australia and Western Australia have returned mostly the same line-ups to the Senate at the 18 May federal election.

He's back...  Malcolm Roberts with party leader Pauline Hanson.

Malcolm Roberts with party leader Pauline Hanson. Source: AAP

Queenslanders have voted for an almost entirely new Senate lineup while Western Australia and South Australia have returned near-unchanged teams.

The Australian Electoral Commission on Tuesday finalised the count for the upper house seats for the three states after the 18 May federal election.

In Queensland, a spate of retirements and preselection choices that went against incumbents have led to five new faces out of six seats.
The LNP won three spots, with Paul Scarr, Susan McDonald and Gerard Rennick now on their way to Canberra.

Labor only won a single seat, for newcomer Nita Green.

The party's Chris Ketter was relegated down the ticket and didn't make the cut at the ballot box.

"My belief in the Australian Labor Party, its values, and its commitment to delivering a better way of life for all Australians is undiminished, and I will continue my involvement with the party of which I have been a member for more than three decades," he said in a statement.

Malcolm Roberts returns to parliament for One Nation, after losing his seat when the High Court found he was a dual citizen and thus had been ineligible for election in 2016.

And the Greens' Larissa Waters has held onto her seat.

Independent Fraser Anning and LNP veteran Ian Macdonald did not make the cut.
South Australians will be represented by two new faces in the Senate when parliament returns.

Liberals Anne Ruston and David Fawcett retain their seats and are joined by freshman Alex Antic.

On Labor's side, incumbent Alex Gallacher will return with newcomer Marielle Smith.

And Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young also keeps her seat.

"I will work bloody hard to make sure our state is not undermined by the anti-renewables, water-greedy agenda of the eastern states," Senator Hanson-Young said in a statement.
Independent Tim Storer and Liberal Lucy Gichuhi were not returned.

The West Australian Senate seats were also decided on Tuesday.

Liberal Matt O'Sullivan is the only new face among the six.
Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds.
Linda Reynolds. Source: AAP
He joins Defence Minister Linda Reynolds and Slade Brockman on the government benches.

Labor's Pat Dodson and Louise Pratt will also return, as will the Greens' Jordon Steele-John.

One Nation's Peter Georgiou - who joined the Senate in 2017 after Rod Culleton was found not to have been eligible for election - missed out.

Results for the three states will be formally declared on Wednesday.

Only the Victorian Senate results are yet to be decided, with all 151 House of Representatives seats now declared.


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