Greens take final Senate seat in Tasmania as grassroots campaign to save Labor's Lisa Singh also claims victory

By Heath Aston
Updated July 28 2016 - 5:38am, first published July 27 2016 - 8:16pm
Nick McKim has pipped Liberal Richard Colbeck for the final Tasmanian Senate seat. Photo: Peter Mathew
Nick McKim has pipped Liberal Richard Colbeck for the final Tasmanian Senate seat. Photo: Peter Mathew
Lisa Singh's return to Parliament has been confirmed after a wave of public support. Photo: Peter Mathew
Lisa Singh's return to Parliament has been confirmed after a wave of public support. Photo: Peter Mathew

The Greens have scraped into the final Senate seat in Tasmania and the Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed the return to Parliament of Labor's Lisa Singh, who has been re-elected on a wave of public support after being dropped to an otherwise "unwinnable" spot on the ALP ticket.

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