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Fatima Payman has been elected to the senate, making history as the first Muslim woman who wears a hijab to sit in federal parliament.

Pauline Hanson has retained her senate spot in Queensland and is set serve another six-year term in Australia’s federal parliament.

In a letter to ACT residents, Julia Gillard noted her reluctance to “talk about politics” but said Gallagher deserved continuing support.

Walkley Award winning columnist, author, feminist and social commentator Jane Caro is standing with the Reason Party as a candidate for the federal Senate.

The Morrison government’s cashless debit card was extended for a further two years last week, after Senator Stirling Griff abstained from voting.

Senators have granted a two-year extension to the cashless welfare card program for which there is little supporting evidence.

Amid the hoopla of the budget this week, you might have missed a powerful speech delivered by independent Tasmanian Senator, Jacqui Lambie.

None of the major parties expected Lambie to make the comeback she did. But when she re-entered the Senate earlier this year, a new resolve was clear.

Democratic Senator Wendy Davis showed the true meaning of endurance on the Texan senate floor when she launched a 13 hour filibuster against a proposed anti-abortion bill (SB5) to stop it from landing on Texas Governor Rick Perry’s desk.