With the Senate likely to be dominated by a centre-right and openly bigoted crossbench, progressive voters have been feeling a little blue since the results started to roll in on Saturday.
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New Matilda readers are, obviously, the best readers in the country. We should know. And speaking of New Matilda readers, here’s a brief poem penned this morning by NM reader and subscriber Jake Elliot, inspired overnight by… well, over to Jake.
“Seeing as Pauline Hanson got up yesterday, I have penned an ode to the Hansonites, Islamaphobes, bigots, far right, fascists and racists this morning…..
Roses are red,
Halal food is enjoyable,
Could you stop blaming the Muslims,
Because you’re fucking unemployable.
#ausvotes”
Hanson has picked up at least one Senate spot in Queensland, and claims to be on target to collect a second.
AAP has reported she’s also in the running to win a Senate spot in NSW, and Western Australia.
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10:05pm: We’re wrapping up our live blog for tonight. It’s clear there will be no election result tonight. Here’s a brief wash-up.
A hung parliament looks more likely than not, but it’s still not certain. The seat of Batman may not be won by the Greens, despite predictions, which reduces the number of minor parties/independents in the House of Reps to five.
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The official website of the Prime Minister’s own Department has been busted linking to a Twitter account that promotes pornographic “free sex chat” videos.
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Should political parties rely on their heads or their hearts when directing preferences?
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