Originally Posted by
rjh01
Just been looking at the all important Senate results. They appear to be
Liberals / National = 28
ALP = 25
Greens = 6
Nick Xenophon Team = 3
Others 3.
Source =
http://www.abc.net.au/news/federal-e...esults/senate/
This means that if the Liberals win they need 5 independants to pass any legislation.
If you are going to plagiarize
my post then you might as well go all the way and include the information that 11 seats are still to be decided.
ETA Assuming that the coalition doesn't get more than 28 seats, they will need an extra 11 votes in the Senate to get a bill passed. (There are 76 Senators in total).