New Australian Senate Powerbrokers Outline Policy Demands

With the dust not settled yet from one of Australia's closest-ever elections, competing political factions have begun laying out disparate demands - from pushing for a ban on Muslim immigration, scrapping a trade deal with China to imposing curbs on gambling - as potential concessions from the government in return for supporting legislation in the next Senate. The final makeup of a more fractious Senate won't be settled for weeks after the July 2 election, but the results already...

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