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As well as the whole House of Representatives, 40 of the 76 Senate seats will be up for election on May 21. There are 12 senators per state and two per territory. At half-Senate elections, six senators for each state and the four territory senators are up for election. Unless…

ALP will benefit in Braddon and Lyons and will preference JLN Senate candidate Tammy Tyrrell

Populist politicians have been household names in Australian politics over the past decade, from Pauline Hanson to Clive Palmer, Bob Katter and Jacqui Lambie.

The marginal Tasmanian electorates of Bass, Braddon and Lyons are likely to get plenty of visits from federal politicians over the six weeks before the election.

On Q+A, independent senator Jacqui Lambie suggests outgoing Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has been unfairly ousted due to her sex, and backs the claims Senator Fierravanti-Wells made about the Prime Minister's alleged poor character.

Following a nine-minute speech to the Senate earlier this week by Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells excoriating the Prime Minister, Liberal senator Hollie Hughes has sensationally accused her Senate colleague of being a bully while defending Scott Morrison's character.

High-profile Liberals have come out in support of the prime minister after accusations of bullying surfaced in parliament.

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Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie threatens to name a school in her state where a child was allegedly raped unless the state government helps the child's homeless family.