Malcolm Turnbull into the unknown as Pauline Hanson wins four Senate seats

By Mark Kenny
Updated August 5 2016 - 4:09pm, first published 1:46am
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may now be held hostage to minor party ransom. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may now be held hostage to minor party ransom. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may now be held hostage to minor party ransom. Photo: James Brickwood
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may now be held hostage to minor party ransom. Photo: James Brickwood

Malcolm Turnbull will be forced to negotiate with either the left-wing Greens - reviled by conservatives - or Pauline Hanson's resurgent right-wing One Nation party, to pass any legislation after the last Senate results revealed his government's position in the Senate has been severely weakened.

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