A pair of familiar faces look likely to re-join the Senate after being knocked out by the dual citizenship debacle that plagued the previous parliament.
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While the final Senate count will take some time, One Nation's Malcolm Roberts in Queensland and Jacqui Lambie in Tasmania look likely to be returned to the red chamber.
As the numbers stand late on Saturday night, in Queensland, the coalition will hold two of the six Senate seats up for election, and Labor one.
The final seats will be up for grabs between the two major parties and the Greens' Larissa Waters and Mr Roberts, who are about level pegging.
The tens of millions of dollars Clive Palmer spent advertising his United Australia Party don't seem to have paid off, with it picking up about a third of the vote of One Nation and the Greens.
In Tasmania, the Liberals and Labor look set to hold two seats each and Greens incumbent Nick McKim to return, with Ms Lambie in line for the final seat.
The coalition is likely to retain three seats in both NSW and Victoria and Labor another two, with the Greens probably taking the final seat in each state.
It's a similar story in South Australia, where the major parties will take two seats each and the Greens' Sarah Hanson-Young will hold on, with the final seat probably also going to the Liberals.
And in the two territories, ACT and NT, the status quo will prevail with Labor and the Liberals taking one seat each.
Australian Associated Press
