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| Anti-Islam party wins four seats in Australian National elections |
| 2016-08-04 |
| [SouthAfricaToday] 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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