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Independent calls for $100m debt to be wiped as part of negotiations over Labor’s $10bn housing policy, which also faces Greens resistance

In his first media interview since losing his Senate seat, Zed Seselja said he believed voters had made up their minds about the Morrison government before the election.

In preparing to make his first speech, David Pocock asked if he could have an Auslan interpreter alongside him on the floor of the Senate. But he said both major parties denied his request — a decision he labelled "disappointing".

Ex-Wallabies star David Pocock started Tuesday on the losing side of the parliamentary 'State of Origin' and ended it with his first speech to the Senate.

Government, opposition vote against allowing ‘stranger’ into Senate for maiden speech over concerns of setting precedent

A request from David Pocock to allow an Auslan interpreter in the Senate chamber during his first speech has been rejected by the government and opposition.

Newly-elected senator David Pocock has already made history by becoming the first independent to hold a senate seat for the ACT.

Hunter hopes and the 47th parliament

Under compulsory preferential voting, all formal votes must eventually preference one of the major parties over the other. The electoral commission has released preference flow information for all minor parties, This means we can tell, for example, how many Greens voters preferred Labor and how many the Coalition.