Liberals gain a Tasmanian long Senate term due to citizenship saga, while polling on Adani is mixed
- Written by Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Steve Martin has been sworn in to take Jacqui Lambie's place as a Tasmanian senator.AAP/Mick Tsikas
As the 2016 federal election was a double dissolution, half of the 72 state senators were assigned long terms expiring in June 2022, while the other half received short terms expiring in June 2019. The four territory senators have terms tied to the...