Last Update: Saturday, October 9, 2004. 8:40pm (AEST)
Bartlett sounds warning on Senate result
Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett says there is a danger the Coalition could gain control of the Senate.
Senator Bartlett says the results from Tasmania put the Liberal Party closer to winning 50 per cent of the Senate.
Senator Bartlett says it looks like the Liberals will win three Senate seats in Tasmania.
He says this is a result of Labor's forestry policy not going down well in that state.
He says Tasmania was always going to be the hardest state for the Liberals to win three Senate seats, although it is still too early to see if that has been repeated in the mainland states.
"That's a significant result in terms of the Senate."
BTW, does anyone have a midi of "Waltzing Matilda" to link to?