Anti-Islam party One Nation has won four seats in the
Australian upper house – the senate – giving it an important
balance-of-power position, final election results confirmed Thursday.
Four weeks after the July 2 national election, results have been
finalized by the Australian Electoral Commission.
The One Nation party is lead by Pauline Hanson who was first elected
to the parliament 20 years ago and who in her first speech said she
believed Australia was in danger of being “swamped by Asians”.
Some of Hanson’s policies include stopping Muslim immigration,
installing CCTV in mosques and schools, and banning the wearing of
women’s burqa and niqab veils in public.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was re-elected with a
majority of just one seat in the lower house.
Turnbull is expected to face difficulties in passing legislation
through the senate because he will need support from nine of the 11
senators who are either independents or belong to small parties like
One Nation.
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