David Pocock has emerged as a critical crossbench player in Labor’s upper house negotiations, after the former Wallabies captain defeated Liberal Zed Seselja to take the second ACT Senate seat.
The independent, who received funding from the Climate 200 campaign and local Canberrans, was confirmed as the winner on Tuesday morning after the Australian Electoral Commission finalised preference counts.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
